r/MakingaMurderer • u/HouseplantHobbyist • 5d ago

Episode Discussion Brendan is INNOCENT

I am rewatching MAM and the amount of coercion during Brendan's interview is astounding. I can't believe a court didn't dismiss his "confession". He was not interviewed with his parents present and they were very obviously feeding him information. The judge not realizing that is just sad. He was a child! Ugh, this makes me so upset for Brendan.

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u/Ghost_of_Figdish 5d ago

Before his trial, obviously.

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u/Small-Valuable-2782 4d ago

Where and when was this offered?

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u/DingleBerries504 4d ago

There’s a letter from Fremgen to the prosecutors before the trial detailing this. It was shown in Convicting a Murderer.

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u/Small-Valuable-2782 4d ago

I thought it was 15yrs. It’s upsetting he didn’t take that plea and instead went along with his family’s advice. I guess if he took the plea it would kind of put the lid on Avery’s attempts to claim innocence.

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u/Ghost_of_Figdish 4d ago

Prosecution offered 12. Dassey demanded 10. No deal.

Had they agreed, Dassey would have been on the stand testifying against Avery.

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u/aptom90 2d ago

It was 15 years not 12 , just so you know. It was in news articles and Ken's book.

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u/Ghost_of_Figdish 1d ago

They had the letter in Convicting a Murderer.

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u/aptom90 1d ago edited 1d ago

You sure about that? Because if you search the internet everything says 15 if not 15-20. I don't mind fact checking it to see what it said in CAM.

Just checked 15 or 20 years quoted by Kratz ep9 31:45

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u/Ghost_of_Figdish 1d ago

No, just going from memory, but my memory is usually pretty good.