US judge frees convicted nephew from "Making a Murderer"
Dassey and his uncle Steven Avery were sentenced to life terms for the murder of a woman in 2005. The judge's order included strongly worded rebukes of the investigating police and of Leonard Kachinsky, the public defender appointed in 2006 to represent Dassey -- a 16-year-old minor at the time. US Magistrate Judge William Duffin referred to Kachinsky's representation as misconduct that was "indefensible." He also said police investigators acted inappropriately toward Dassey.
