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Officers used in this case. >> the attorneys say the investigators manipulated with coaxing statements like these from fassbender who was seated just off-camera. >> i'm your friend right now. it's 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. >> and they say the investigators manipulation of the teen escalated far beyond simple coaxing. >> the officers needed brendan to provide information that...

Correctional institute when she paid a visit to avery in 2016. >> do you think you have new evidence that could free stephen avery? >> we do, yeah. >> zelner invited "date line" into the war courtroroom she cr dedicated to the avery case. >> we know if that was tested? >> sthe even showed this rav 4 she bought to get a better understanding of theresa's vehicle. in august of 2016, to much media fan fare, she found a motion for new evidence. >> we'll find out one way or the other, was the evidence planted. >> kathleen zelner is known as an aggressive defense attorney. >> ari melber chief legal c...

Because that's the system. >> are you okay if he 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 arguments about whether dassey's confession was coerced. nine weeks later, the seven-judge panel ruled that his confession was...

>> looking at the whole picture, absolutely. >> and that picture came into sharper focus when fassbender's team found another clue, teresa's key in avery's bedroom. >> the toyota key, with the fob connector to it. >> this is huge. >> yeah. >> especially when they later found avery's dna on it. it would become a highly controversial clue in the case. the evidence was stacking up against steven avery and fassbender said the rav4 would tell investigators one last thing. >> we had tested the hood latch and found dna matching steven on the hood latch. >> fassbender leefd avery had explaining to do....

>> i did tell him, manitowoc wasn't done with him. >> why did you tell him that? >> something told me they weren't 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 hire his defense attorneys, dean strang, and jerry butting. >> we knew going in it was going to be a difficult defense. >> we spoke to butting in early 2016. >> we had a very tough defense in this case, because nobody wants to try a...