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Steven avery and his supporters had been hoping for good news. and they couldn't know it yet but help was just around the corner. >> he was gentle and loving. >> sandy greenman is avery's long-time friend and one-time fiancee. she says she searched for years to find an attorney to take on his complicated case. from prison, avery told her to watch "dateline." >> there was a case on "dateline." and he told me to watch it just to see the lawyer. >> reporte >> that "dateline" program, told the story of ryan ferguson, a young man sitting in prison for a murder he said he didn't commit. attorney kat...

Dassey to be released from prison. >> what was that like for you, hearing that news? >> mixed emotions. i know we did everything above 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...

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...

Zellner also notes, mr. kratz has no qualifications that would allow him to diagnose mr. avery as a psychopath. kratz, who prosecuted both steven avery and brendan dassey, says he's undaunted. >> are you afraid of kathleen zellner? >> no. i'm not involved in the case anymore. i shouldn't be afraid of anything. my involvement -- >> she could unravel your work if what she's saying has some weight to it. you don't think she has a chance? >> i don't. >> she's so confident. why are you so confident? >> because we spent 18 months putting this case together. it wasn't just thrown together. it wasn't ...

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. >> don't lie to us now, okay? come on. what happened there. >> just hurting yourself if you lie now. >> he's got severe learning disabilities, inability to respond in narrative-type answers. and they're in precisely the 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 ...