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

With that, the judge overturned his conviction and ordered dassey to be released from prison. >> was that like for you, hearing that news? >> mixed emotions. i know we did everything above board that on magistrate rules, if it isnt fine in his opinion, which is all right, because thats the system. >> are you okay if he walks free? >> im not okay if the family is not okay. i believe brandon was involved in this, that he was, there and he was involved. >> wisconsin attorney general also believes b...

Pay nothing out. >> did they plant evidence? >> sure, they did. >> kim is averys cousin who predicted something might happen to him after exonerated from the rape case. he recently filed a lawsuit against his local sheriffs department for his wrongful conviction. >> i did tell him, manitowoc wasnt done with them. >> why did you think that? >> something told me they werent going to hand steven avery $36 million for any kind of money. they were going to be watching him and, look what happened. >> ...

Court seeking new testing of the evidence. >> we are going to find out one way or another was the evidence planted? >> kathleen zellner is known as an aggressive defense attorney. >> chief legal correspondent for msnbc. >> she is looking for new evidence to argue the entire case was done the wrong way. shes basically trying to put the state on trial. >> in her 45-page legal motion, zellner attacks law and for some, and tries to poke holes in the prosecutions case and raises new questions. >> she...

Everythings been lost, and youve got something. its like the ultimate challenge, i think. >> i said, thats the woman thats going to get stephen out of prison! >> zellner specializes in wrongful conviction cases and says she is freed many 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 a correction no correctional institution when she paid a visit to a bring in 2016. >> million dollar questio...

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 do you say to those people who have...

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 avery case. >> do we know if that was tested? >> and she even showed us this rav4 she bought to get a better understanding of teresas vehicle. and in 2016, she fi...

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...

Welcome back to "dateline." im craig melvin. investigators deny they framed steven avery for the murder of teresa halbach. after all, his nephew, brendan, confessed. 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 made any sense. is brendan someone capable of rape? >> no. no. i dont even th...

>> but as dasseys attorneys delve further into the stunning statements the teen made, they came to believe something more 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 respo...