1976 double murder conviction upheld against appeal on questionable DNA tactics
A dead man’s conviction for a 1976 double murder stands, an appeals court ruled saying the deception used by police to get his DNA was an acceptable tactic.
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A dead man’s conviction for a 1976 double murder stands, an appeals court ruled saying the deception used by police to get his DNA was an acceptable tactic.
Steven Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey are both serving life sentences for the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach.
This story was originally published by Wisconsin Watch. It includes details of an alleged sexual assault.
This article first appeared on Wisconsin Watch and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. A 21-year-old police recruit stood in the early morning winter darkness, unsure of what had just happened inside the Comfort Suites in Grand Chute, Wisconsin. After a night of heavy drinking s...
The department didn’t seek outside investigation for case involving its own employee, yet invoked “victim rights” laws to resist disclosing details of the incident involving two other police recruits