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Rated pg-13. >> in january 2006, steven avery pleaded not guilty and ken kratz began building his case. he chronicles it all in his book, avery. >> what do you feel people know the least about in this case? >> the book is about steven avery that is setting forth a better representation of what the real evidence was. >> better, he says, than the way the evidence was presented in "making a murderer." for the first time, kratz lays out his theory with new details he's never shared before. for one thing, kratz tells "dateline" he believes steven avery had set his sights on

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....

Manitowoc county. >> fassbender says he believes a conspiracy to frame avery would have been virtually impossible to carry out. >> i could go on and on about the planting defense and how absurd it is, with the multiple agencies that we had in there. >> i'm your friend right now. >> but it was that video of brendan dassey which would really put fassbender at the center of the storm. an interrogation so controversial it might get avery's nephew out of prison. >> how much of brendan dassey's confession was true? coming up -- >> those officers wanted that information in the worst way, and they got...