re: Making a Murderer: Brendan Dassey Conviction Overturned

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Yes, yes they do.

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Look up Wisconsin state law. The prosecution does not have to give an account of the crime (Avery's lawyers have explained this many times in interviews). Only that the defendant was involved and responsible. This is carried on further by the destruction of her remains and the tampering of evidence. This lessens the prosecutions obligation, as the murderer shouldn't be rewarded for trying to hide the crime. Circumstantial evidence carries a much stronger weight and can be used for conviction (look up murder conviction without a body).

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A confession is not sufficient for a conviction, especially a confession that was coerced.

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I do not feel that it was coerced. Police interviews are supposed to be hard and probing. They are designed to force people to admit what they don't want to. But throw them out, if you want. He admitted it to other family members and to his mother (when he didn't know he was being recorded). He is Avery's alibi, they were with each other pretty much the whole night. If Avery is guilty, then Dassey was involved. There is no way around that.

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It kinda does. I have no idea why you're so dug in and committed to what you think happened. No chance he's innocent? Very few things in life are ever 100% or 0%.

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I'm a realist. I have read so many threads and watched hours of tape on this case. They are guilty. Neither one has done anything to prove they are innocent. They have lied and changed their stories constantly, they have impeded and stone walled the investigation, neither has openly denied involvement, neither has taken a polygraph. Their defense is silence and that is really it. There is just no other version of this crime, where neither one is involved, that makes any sense and I have heard dozens. I had doubts at first, but I kept going till I made up my mind. Now I have no doubt..