'Making a Murderer' subject Brendan Dassey asks Wisconsin governor for pardon, commutation.
MADISON, Wis. — 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 on Wednesday.
“I am writing to ask for a pardon because I am innocent and want to go home,” Dassey said in a handwritten note to Evers that accompanied his application. Dassey congratulated Evers, a Democrat who took office in January, on becoming governor. Dassey also listed things he enjoys including Pokemon and hamburgers and drew a pair of hearts with the word “hugs” in one and “love” in the other.
Evers’ spokeswoman Baldauff did not immediately return a message seeking comment. Evers has yet to act on any pardon requests. Dassey's attorneys say he's intellectually impaired and that he was manipulated by experienced police officers into accepting their story of how Halbach's murder happened. They wanted his confession thrown out and a new trial.
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