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Steven avery behind bars. why would steven avery do this? >> that's 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 interrogation. why are you sitting here today? >> i realized that someone yo needed to speak out to tell the truth of what happened. >> reporter: so, what did happen here?ha the story begins with the woman at the heart of this case, a 25-year-old photographer from wisconsin named t...

Avery. he and his teenage nephew were convicted in the brutal murder of wisconsin photographer teresa halbach. then allegations of police corruption so explosive that investigators had been forced to fight back. two sides, one truth. who will you believe? the mystery of what happened here in this sprawling fields of rural wisconsin has cap -- captivated the country. >> we find the defendant steven avery guilty. >> reporter: in 2013, the netflix series "making a murderer convinced many that the two has been railroaded by law enforcement. it's a case "dateline" has been following for more than...

>> kim is avery's cousin and said she predicted something bad might happen to him after he was exonerated. >> something told me they wouldn't end the any kind of money and just watching him and look what happened. >> avery ended up settling that lawsuit for $400,000 before his trial. the county did not acknowledge any wrongdoing. he used the money to hire his defense attorneys. >> we knew going in, it was going to be a difficult defense. >> we spoke to butting early in 2016. >> we had a tough defense in this case because nobody wants to try and use a defense that the police deliberately tried ...

Here with more of our story is andrea cannon. >> all of 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 capable of rape? >> no. i don't think he knew what that was at the time. >> reporter: in 2008, attorneys steven and laura took up dassey's case for his appeal. they saw a mentally challenged teen with a low i.q. >> how do you spell -- >> gra-r-a-g---r---a---g---eg-- >> reporter: brendan is a simple soul and struck ...

What happened? you'll hurt yourself if you lie now. >> he has severe learning disabilities, inability to respond in a narrative type answers. and therein precisely the areas that make him vulnerable to the kind of tactics that the police officers used in this case. >> reporter: the attorneys say that the investigators manipulated dassey with coaxing statements like these from fastbender who was seated just off camera. >> i'm your friend right now. >> they should have never made those kind of suggestions they want to comfort him and all would be well. those kind of fact ticks used on a kid like...