A man convicted of rape and murder when he was a teenager whose story was documented in the 2015 Netflix series “Making a Murderer” asked Wisconsin’s governor for a pardon or commutation of his life prison sentence this week. The ...

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A man convicted of rape and murder when he was a teenager whose story was documented in the 2015 Netflix series “Making a Murderer” asked Wisconsin’s governor for a pardon or commutation of his life prison sentence this week. The ...

Tagged with: Brandan Dassey Gov. Tony Evers Making a Murderer Steve Avery Teresa Hallbach Wisconsin pardon

James P. Carmody is not a criminal defense attorney. Nor is he a prosecutor. He’s a principal at Carmody MacDonald in Clayton and specializes in family law — primarily divorce-related matters. So how did he end up on the advisory ...

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Attorneys Jerome Buting and Dean Strang — known for their defense work in the homicide case featured in the documentary series “Making a Murderer” — addressed wrongful convictions and the state of forensic science on Nov. 14 at the offices ...

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