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Tricia Bushnell joins Kathleen Zellner to work for Avery.
Bushnell is a member of the Midwest Innocence Project and Zellner (pictured) is a lawyer whose practice has gotten 16 men exonerated. Both want to add Avery to Zellner's long list of wrongful conviction exonerations. -
Brendan Dassey's conviction is overturned.
A federal judge ruled that Dassey's confession was involuntary due to his age, mental stability, and lack of an advising adult. He is ordered to be released within 90 days unless a new trial is scheduled. -
The overturning of Brendan Dassey's conviction is blocked.
Brad Schimel (pictured), the Attorney General of Wisconsin, filed a motion to block Dassey's release pending the outcome of his appeal. -
Judge denies Avery's motion for a new trial.
The judge used several claims to dismiss the motion and said Avery and his lawyer's had "failed to establish" any reason for a new trial. -
Brendan Dassey's conviction is upheld.
The 7th U.S. Circuit voted 4-to-3 to uphold Brendan Dassey's (pictured) conviction. Members of the circuit were split on if the confession was coerced and reasonable. A three judge panel upheld the overturning before the state asked for them to review, leading to the December 2017 decision. -
Brendan Dassey's team files a Writ of Certiorari.
The filing says that the precedent was "unreasonably" applied when held to a confession made by someone with intellectual and social limitations was voluntary. -
Brendan Dassey's motion is denied.
The Supreme Court denied their plea to get involved in the case. As is customary, no reason was given. -
Zellner files new motion.
Avery's team filed a 599-page affidavit asking to supplement the record with new evidence. Zellner said the evidence was previously suppressed, especially data from a family computer. -
Motion granted to supplement the record with new evidence.
Avery's motion was granted on the grounds of bones found in a gravel pit that were given to Hallbach's family without DNA testing. This is a violation of state and federal law. -
Avery's request for a new trial is denied.
The judge said Avery did not establish that the law for preserving evidence was violated or that his constitutional rights were violated. They will now be going to appeals.
