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In response to "but if he did, it almost certainly didn't happen the way the state contended it did at trial -- nm" by gerald

One of the things that was always suspect about this though, was that Avery was not tried on the same theory of the case that Dassey was. They did

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Aug 12 '16, 13:53

not raise the theory the same way Brendan (in his coerced confession) said it did. This was somewhat unclear in the show I felt, but because they didn't want to put Brendan on the stand, the theory they presented to the Avery jury didn't involve all the stuff that Brendan said happened.

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Is that legal? I assume it is and from what I know of the Law from LnO. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 12, 14:04 1
- They were tried separately with different juries. It is legal. It's sleazy, but legal. However, I wonder if Brendan Dassey's confession was used as - pmb Aug 12, 14:10

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One of the things that was always suspect about this though, was that Avery was not tried on the same theory of the case that Dassey was. They did

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