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Making a Murderer: Nancy Grace angry Brendan Dassey case overturned

'I want you to tell me what was wrong with that interrogation because I say nothing was wrong'

Jack Shepherd
Wednesday 17 August 2016 10:17 BST
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Nancy Grace covered the original case and has echoed her belief that Stephen Avery is guilty
Nancy Grace covered the original case and has echoed her belief that Stephen Avery is guilty (Peter Kramer/Getty Images)

Late last year, Making A Murderer took the world by storm, the documentary detailing how Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey were imprisoned for the murder of Teresa Halbach.

Since the show’s Netflix release, the curious case has developed somewhat: not only has Avery got a new lawyer convinced he is not guilty, but Dassey’s conviction has been overturned.

However, Nancy Grace, an American TV anchor who covered the original case and has previously echoed her belief that Avery is guilty, recently reiterated her disgust with the case, relaying her anger that Dassey’s case was overturned in an interview lawyer David Bruno and the case’s prosecutor Ken Kratz.

“I want you to tell me what was wrong with that interrogation because I say nothing was wrong,” she asked Bruno, to which he responded: Well, I hate to break it to you but this is not a new rule of law.

“Statements have to be voluntary. And now what’s changed here is we now get to see videos of how police conduct themselves in providing Miranda and various other promises and pressures when they have defendants in custody.”

Grace decidedly cut the lawyer off following his statement, instead bringing up Dassey’s IQ, saying it is “within the normal range” despite only being 70, a number many experts regard as being between “very low” and “extremely low.”

Expect Grace’s to appear in season two of the show, which filmmakers Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi are currently working on.

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