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Wrongful conviction cases and says shes freed 18 defendants, including ryan ferguson. sandy contacted her and she joined the case not long after "making a murderer" came out. we caught up with zellner at the correctional institute when she paid a visit to avery in 2016. >> million dollar question. do you think you have new evidence that could free steven avery? >> we do, yeah. >> zellner invited "dateline" into this war room she created in her office outside chicago. all dedicated to the avery c...

He used the money to hire his defense attorneys, dean strang, and jerry butting. >> we knew going in it was going to be a difficult defense. >> we spoke to butting in early 2016. >> we had a very tough defense in this case, because nobody wants to try and use as a defense that the police deliberately tried to plant evidence or frame somebody. >> it goes against society. those people are there to help us, theyre the police. >> right. but its where we thought the evidence pointed. >> averys attorn...

Teen with a low iq. >> how do you spell garage? >> g-a-r-a-g-e. >> what did you think of brendan dassey when you were able to meet him in person? >> brendan is a simple soul. i was struck by his humanity. this is not somebody i could see committing a crime like that. >> thats the psychological power of interrogation. >> the two attorneys are based at the northwestern school of law outside chicago. theyve worked to free a number of wrongfully convicted defendants and say what they learned about d...

>> can we take that as a reliable answer given awe 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 regrets about that? bringing it up yourselves, about putting that in his head? >> theres always things that you can improve on. there were instances because of...

>> he has no remorse for his behavior, feels incredibly entitled. >> but as he continued to investigate the case, kratz had a problem. >> you still didnt know how she was killed, exactly where she was killed. was that bothering you? >> yes, but sometimes you have what you have. it was all coming together in bits and pieces. >> he and his team kept digging until they got a big lead. >> have a seat. >> in march, 2006, four months after teresas murder, tom fassbender spoke with averys 16-year-old n...

Welcome back to "dateline." im craig melvin. investigators deny they framed steven avery for the murder of teresa halbach. afterall, his nephew, brendan, confessed. but did he tell detectives the truth or what he thought they wanted to hear? here with more of our story is andrea canning. >> all the renewed attention in the steven avery saga has shed light on the other defendant in the case -- brendan dassey. the teenager had been convicted of rape and murder, but to his family, none of it ever m...

Fate, steven avery and his supporters hope for good news in his case. >> hes very gentle and very loving. >> sandy greenman is averys long time friend and one-time fiancee. convinced of his innocence, she said she searched for years to find the right attorney to take on his case. during a call from prison, avery told her to watch "dateline." >> he had heard that there was going to be this ryan ferguson case on "dateline." he told me to watch it, just to see the lawyer. >> that "dateline" program...

Innocence, she said she searched for years to find the right attorney to take on his my indicated case. avery told her to watch "dateline". >> he heard there was going to be a ryan ferguson case on "dateline" and told me to watch it just to see the lawyer. >> that program from august of 2011 told the story of ryan ferguson, a young man sitting in prison for a murder he said he didnt commit. attorney kathleen zellner was determined to get him out. >> nothing is as riveting as this. when the trial...

Avery and brendan dassey said hes undaunted. >> are you afraid of kathleen? >> no, im not involved in the case anymore. i shouldnt be afraid of anything. my involvement -- >> she could -- she could unravel your work if what shes sayi has some weight to it. you dont think she has a chance. >> i dont. >> if shes so confident, why are you so confident zm. >> we spent 18 months putting this case together. this wasnt just thrown together. it wasnt a bunch of keystone cops, it was done very profession...

But in october, a wisconsin circuit court denied that request. zelner petitioned the judges ruling to the wisconsin court of appeals. in may of 2018, zelner also asked the court to consider new evidence in the case. material she claimed the prosecution had previously withheld. in june, the appeals court order the circuit judge to review the suppression of evidence claim. >> as for former prosecutor ken krats and the new book, zelner dismisses his claims about treatment of women and intere intera...