The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it would not be weighing in on the case of the teenager whose rape conviction story was documented in the Netflix series “Making a Murderer.”
The lower court ruling against then-16-year-old Brendan Dassey will stand, despite to appeal looking to throw out his confession, claiming that he was borderline intellectually disabled and pressured into a false confession.
Dassey confessed to Wisconsin authorities to helping his uncle rape, murder, and burn the body of photographer Teresa Halbach in 2005. He was sentenced to life in jail in 2007.
In February Dassey’s legal team appealed the lower court’s decision.
Per usual, the Supreme Court did not explain their decision not to take the case, however, Wisconsin officials urged the court not to take the case and undermine the lower court’s determination that Dassey confessed voluntarily.
His attorney’s can still get him a new trial by convincing a judge that there is newly discovered evidence.
The decision not to take the case comes as Netflix is planning a second season of “Making a Murderer.”
