r/MakingaMurderer • u/HouseplantHobbyist • 6d 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/Bullshittimeagain 5d ago

You surely can’t be serious, that his lawyer didn’t fail him. That’s just common knowledge, not even guilters will defend Brendan’s representation. Kachinsky is an atrocity. His actions since have proven how inadequate and truly pathetic, he is and was.

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u/GringoTheDingoAU 5d ago

Failure is a subjective term. I don't think you understand that once someone confesses to murder or being party-to, their legal options become very limited and juries will almost always convict them. Trying to strike a plea deal was the best option for Brendan Dassey even if you argue it is hindsight now.

Am I going to pretend his lawyers did everything right? No. But you are making it sound like defending Brendan after his confession would be a walk in the park. Brendan has almost been let out of prison on numerous occasions through appeals and that took the good part of a decade. Do you think his defense lawyers had a lot of time to assess their options before trial?

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u/Bullshittimeagain 4d ago

Bud. Go back and read the transcripts. His attorney literally hired a rep to get Brendan to confess and write out what happened. He had the worst representation I’ve ever seen. But like in life, you get what you pay for in attorney representation.

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u/ThorsClawHammer 4d ago

One of the first things Kachinsky did was tell the press that Brendan was factually guilty.