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Department for his wrongful conviction. >> i did tell him, manitowoc wasnt done with him. >> why did you tell him that? >> something told me they werent going to hand steve avery $36 million or any kind of money, that they were going to be watching him and look what happened. >> avery settled that lawsuit for $400,000 before his trial. the county did not acknowledge any wrongdoing. he used the money to his defense attorneys, dean strang, and jerry butting. >> we knew going in it was going to be ...

Said she searched for years to find the right attorney to take 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 from august 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. >> nothings as riveting as this...

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? >> because we spent 18 months pug is cetogether. it wasnt just thrown together. it wasnt a bunch of keystone cops. it was done very professionally, very well. >> kratz does have personal regrets. in his book, he admits to past pr...

Areas that make him vulnerable to the kind of tactics the officers used in this case. >> the attorneys say the investigators manipulated with coaxing statements like these from fassbender who was seated just off-camera. >> im your friend right now. its all right. you are doing the right thing. >> they should never have made those kinds of suggestions, that they wanted to comfort him. that all would be well. those kinds of tactics when used on a kid like brendan are a recipe for false confessions...

Len-of-len catchin ski. >> unbelievable. >> unconscionable. >> he came on board to -- and they discovered he had made legal mistakes that caused him to be removed from the case. >> is it okay if i read you some of the comments? >> sure, go ahead. >> disgusting human being. disgrace to the wisconsin judicial system, a man with a sickened soul. >> ive seen it. >> in one instance, catchin ski, working to cut a plea deal, had arranged for his client to speak with investigators, but catchin ski himse...

>> but as he continued to investigate the case, krats had a problem. >> you still didnt know how she was killed, exactly where she was killed. wa 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 f fassbender spoke with averys 16-year-old nephew in a series of highly scrutinized interviews. >> what was y...

Enti 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 brendans personality that, yeah, we had to talk to him about and ask more specifically certain questions. and it happens. >> what d...

>> 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 case. >> do we know if that was tested? >> and she even showed us that rav4 she brougought to get a be understanding of teresas vehicle. then in august 2016, to much media fanfare, she filed a motion in manitowoc county court, seeking new testing of the evidence. >> were ...

Development of chemical weapons near damascus. syrias president remains defiant after the air strikes. a twitter account tweeted, the honorable cannot be humiliated. russia has condemned the strike calling it an act of aggression. now back to "dateline." 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? h...

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 granted. the seventh circuit u.s. court of appeals heard ev...