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'Making a Murderer' case will not be heard by Supreme Court

Brendan Dassey will continue serving his time in prison.

Martha Tesema

on June 25, 2018

'Making a Murderer' case will not be heard by Supreme Court

Mandatory Credit: Photo by MORRY GASH/AP/REX/Shutterstock (6383843b) DASSEY Brendan Dassey is escorted out of a Manitowoc County Circuit courtroom, in Manitowoc, Wis. Dassey, 16, appeared on charges of being party to first-degree intentional homicide, mutilation of a corpse and first-degree sexual assault of Teresa Halbach. Dassey's uncle, Steven Avery, was charged earlier but denied knowledge in the death MISSING WOMAN, MANITOWOC, USA Credit: MORRY GASH/AP/REX/Shutterstock

The Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal for a conviction that was the center of the Netflix series Making a Murderer, the Washington Post reports.

As covered on the docu-series, 17-year-old Brendan Dassey was found guilty of sexual assault and first-degree murder after he allegedly assisted his uncle, Steven Avery, in the rape and murder of Teresa Halbach.

Dassey was tried as an adult and sentenced to life in prison. Though no physical evidence linked him to the crimes, Dassey admitted to police in 2005 that he helped. In 2016, the conviction was overturned after a judge determined that Dassey's confession was coerced by police.

As BuzzFeed reported in 2017, initially, a panel of three judges sustained the appeal. However, as BuzzFeed wrote, a "larger appeals panel ruled 4–3 that police had acted properly during Dassey's confession, and his words could be used against him in court."

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The now 28-year-old's attorneys attempted to bring the case to the Supreme Court, but the court rejected to hear the plea on Monday.

Reactions to the news on Twitter were a mixed bag, but many folks were surprised at the Supreme Court's decision.

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More episodes of Making a Murder will be coming soon and will hopefully offer insight into the Supreme Court's decision. According to Deadline, production has begun for episodes that continue investigation into Avery.

[H/T Vulture]

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