Brendan Dassey Case Update
The confession of sixteen-year-old Brendan Dassey has deeply troubled the world – and it should. Explore why Brendan confessed to a crime he didn’t commit, learn why he was denied his freedom by a single vote even after winning two resounding court victories, and get educated about the disturbingly common problem of false confessions. And thank you for learning, supporting, and staying involved.
Q&A with Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin
Media Coverage Since Season One
- Not All Teens Who Confess are Guilty, CNN Op-ed by Marty Tankleff
- Brendan Dassey's False Confession Shows We Need to Be More Careful When Interrogating Juveniles, USA Today Op-ed by Brandon Garrett
- In the "Making a Murderer" Case, the Supreme Court Could Help Address the Problem of False Confessions, The New Yorker article by Doug Starr
Periodicals
- Forbes
- Esquire
- Rolling Stone
- Vogue
- Flare Magazine
- New York Times
- New Yorker [on schoolhouse interrogations; article generated in wake of Making a Murderer 1]
- The Guardian
- Dateline on Dassey case [full episode]
- Dateline on Davis case [episode aired after Making a Murderer 1]
- CNN
- ABC News
