Attorney General Brad Schimel files notice of appeal in Brendan Dassey case

MADISON -- Wisconsin's attorney general is appealing a ruling that overturned the conviction of a man accused of helping his uncle kill a woman in a case documented in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer."

Brendan Dassey was sixteen years old when he confessed to helping his uncle Steven Avery rape and kill photographer Teresa Halbach in 2005. On August 12, a federal magistrate ruled investigators used deceptive tactics  to coerce the mentally challenged teen in to confessing.

The judge ordered that Dassey be released within 90 days, unless prosecutors appealed or retried him.

Now, Attorney General Brad Schimel is filing to appeal the decision in the seventh court.

In a news release, Schimel stated the following:

The case of Dassey and his uncle Steven Avery was profiled in the Netflix documentary "Making a Murderer" and there is global interest in whether their convictions will stand.

The Center for Wrongful Convictions of Youth wrote a response on behalf of Dassey. It says: " We are disappointed in the state's decision to prolong Brendan's case by seeing and appeal."

Last month, Steven Avery's attorney, Kathleen Zellner, filed a motion in Avery's case asking to retest the evidence in his case.

Upon hearing of the appeal, Zellner tweeted out:

Dassey and Avery are serving life sentences.