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Allow him to diagnose mr. avery as a psychopath. cri kratz says hes undaunted. are you afraid of kathleen zellner? >> no. im not involved in the kags anymo case anymore. >> she could unravel your work, if what shes saying has some weight to it. you dont think she has a chance. >> i dont. >> shes so confident. why are you so confident? >> we put 18 months putting this case together. it wasnt just thrown together. it wasnt a bunch of keystone cap kops. it was done very well. >> kratz says heed a v...

Welcome to "dateline." its an extraordinary case that defies easy answers. at the center of it all, steven avery. he and his teenage nephew were convicted in the brutal murder of photograph ee eer teresa hal. two sides, one truth. who will you believe? the mystery of what happened here in rural wisconsin has captivated the country. >> we find the defendant steven avery guilty. >> reporter: in 2013, the netflix series "making a murderer," convicted of murder.

>> i said thats the woman thats going to get steven out of prison. >> she works on wrongful conviction cases and has freed many defends, including ryan ferguson. she joined the case not long after "making a murderer" came out. she paid a visit to avery in early 2016. million-dollar question, do you think you have new evidence that could free steven avery? >> we do, yeah. >> reporter: zellner invited "dateline" into this war room she created in her office outside of chicago, all dedicated to the ...

Its a case "dateline" has been following for a decade. as the lawyers fight for them to be free from prison, we pose the questions that everyone has been asking of the people that put steven avery behind bars. why would steven avery do this? >> thats a good question. >> reporter: we asked ken katz, who wrote a book about this. >> he started planning this event the first day he went to prison. >> reporter: and we talked with a lead investigator of the case, who has come under fire for this silent...

In his mind. >> yes, thats what they said. and there were instances that we did ask him specifically about things, yes. and that can happen in an interview. >> can we take that as a reliable answer given it was spoon-fed to them? >> their side would argue no. and i would say, based on the entirety of the interview, i would say yes. >> and as for the other moment that has angered so many followers of the case. >> im going to come out and ask you, who shot her in the head? >> he did. >> any regret...

Steven avery and his supporters had been hoping for good news. and they couldnt know it yet but help was just around the corner. >> he was gentle and loving. >> sandy greenman is averys long-time friend and one-time fiancee. she says she searched for years to find an attorney to take on his complicated case. from prison, avery told her to watch "dateline." >> there was a case on "dateline." and he told me to watch it just to see the lawyer. >> reporte >> that "dateline" program, told the story o...

Dassey to be released from prison. >> what was that like for you, hearing that news? >> mixed emotions. i know we did everything above board, that one magistrate rules that it isnt fine, in his opinion, which is all right. because thats the system. >> are you okay if we walks free? >> im not okay if the familys not okay. i believe brendan was involved in this. that he was there and he was involved in it. >> the wisconsin attorney general also believes brendan was involved in teresas murder. he a...

Board, that one magistrate rules that it isnt fine, in his opinion, which is all right. because thats the system. >> are you okay if we walks free? >> im not okay if the familys not okay. i believe brendan was involved in this. that he was there and he was involved in it. >> the wisconsin attorney general also believes brendan was involved in teresas murder. he appealed the judges order for release, asking a full panel of federal judges to review the case. in september of 2017, that request was ...

Zellner also notes, mr. kratz has no qualifications that would allow him to diagnose mr. avery as a psychopath. kratz, who prosecuted both steven avery and brendan dassey, says hes undaunted. >> are you afraid of kathleen zellner? >> no. im not involved in the case anymore. i shouldnt be afraid of anything. my involvement -- >> she could unravel your work if what shes saying has some weight to it. you dont think she has a chance? >> i dont. >> shes so confident. why are you so confident? >> beca...

Disturbing -- that investigators tom fassbender and mark wiegert had coerced the teen into making a false confession. >> these officers took advantage of a disabled youth and got him to say what they wanted him to say. >> dont lie to us now, okay? come on. what happened there. >> just hurting yourself if you lie now. >> hes got severe learning disabilities, inability to respond in narrative-type answers. and theyre in precisely the areas that make him vulnerable to the kind of tactics the office...