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Wrongful conviction cases and says she has 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 her at the correctional institution when she paid a visit to avery in $2016. >> million 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 outside of chicago, all dedicated to the avery case. >> do we know if that was tested? >> reporter: and she even showed us this rav4 she bought to get ...

>> there are people who disagree with that. >> oh, sure. >> but as dassey's attorneys delved further into those stunning statements the team made, they came to believe something more disturbing, that investigators tom fassbender and mark weaver 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. >> don't lie to us now, okay? >> you're hurting yourself if you lie now. >> he's got severe learning disabilities, inability to respond in a narrative type answers, and they're in precisely the areas t...

His supporters had been hoping for good news, and they couldn't know it yet, but help was just around the corner. >> he was very gentle and very loving. >> reporter: sandy greenman is avery's long-time friend and one-time fiancee. convinced of his innocence, she says she searched for years to find the right attorney to take on his complicated case. during a call from prison, he told her to watch "dateline." >> he had heard there was going to be this ryan ferguson case on "dateline," so he told me to watch it just to see the lawyer. >> reporter: that program from 2011 told the story of ryan fer...

Board, that one magistrate rules that it isn't fine, in his opinion, which is all right. because that's the system. >> are you okay if we walks free? >> i'm not okay if the family's 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 teresa's murder. he appealed the judge's 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 evidence about whether dassey's confe...

Teenage girl accusedaviary of raping her a year after his release from prison. it all came together forcrats. he believed avery had developed a deep resentment of women which had started with his wrongful conviction and had only grown over the years. >> he has no remorse for his behavior, feels incredibly entitled. >> but as he continued to investigate the case, krats had a problem. you still didn't know how she was killed, exactly where she was killed. was that bothering you? >> yes, but sometimes, you know, you have what you have. it was all coming together in bits and pieces. >> he and his ...