{"id":2140587,"date":"2026-09-11T19:23:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T16:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2140587"},"modified":"2026-09-11T19:23:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T16:23:53","slug":"making-a-murderer-steven-avery-and-brendan-dassey-seek-shorter-sentences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2140587","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Making a Murderer&#8217; Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey Seek Shorter Sentences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/8a\/16by9\/2026\/09\/11\/8af4b9e46b444afba6cb96a3f8b23c5a_xl.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">&#8216;Making a Murderer&#8217; Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey Seek Shorter Sentences<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Steven Avery &amp; Brendan Dassey<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">We&#8217;d Like Shorter Sentences, Please!<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"google-preferred-btn js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-icon.svg\" alt=\"Google\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"google-preferred-btn__title\">Add TMZ on Google<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-09-11T12:23:53-07:00\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/sitemaps\/article\/202609\"><br \/>\n                September 11, 2026<br \/>\n                <\/a><br \/>\n                            12:23 PM PDT<\/time><span class=\"divider\">|<\/span><br \/>\n                                                                Updated <time class=\"updated-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-09-11T13:00:15-07:00\"><br \/>\n                                  September 11, 2026<br \/>\n                                1:00 PM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-8baf7f4e1c304dd50df5feba5782abc1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260911_8af4b9e46b444afba6cb96a3f8b23c5a\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:94b0bb6e-7a35-40b2-93ef-959bd1c4e859\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/8a\/4by3\/2026\/09\/11\/8af4b9e46b444afba6cb96a3f8b23c5a_md.jpg\" alt=\"Teresa Halbach Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey 4\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">AP\/HERALD TIMES REPORTER\/Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-3e034660532359579fba9eb81de4b76f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/steven-avery\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Steven Avery<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/brendan-dassey\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Brendan Dassey<\/strong><\/a> from Netflix&#8217;s &#8220;Making a Murderer&#8221; are hoping to get shorter sentences for the 2005 murder of <strong>Teresa Halbach<\/strong>, because they&#8217;ve applied to the governor&#8217;s commutation advisory board.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-5fd75b407850e476ddbab8c22e7af6a9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>According to court docs obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/fox11online.com\/news\/local\/steven-avery-brendan-dassey-request-sentence-commutations-wisconsin-governor-tony-evers-teresa-halbach-making-a-murderer-case\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>FOX11<\/strong><\/a> in Wisconsin, Avery continued to maintain his innocence in his application, writing &#8230; &#8220;I did not commit this crime. I feel bad for Teresa Halbach&#8217;s family because they had to suffer such a tremendous loss. But I did not cause their loss.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-1104fe719621e8a672d5d6c93b1d875d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Avery wrote that he has a good prison conduct record and hopes his letters of support from family and friends would be enough to sway the board. He says that if he&#8217;s released, he plans to start his own autobody business.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-ab7d2fdb1b3b26d292a65287f652782a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260911_ea95b801f8984f5cbbf018f6fb06d79b\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:94b0bb6e-7a35-40b2-93ef-959bd1c4e859\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/ea\/4by3\/2026\/09\/11\/ea95b801f8984f5cbbf018f6fb06d79b_md.jpg\" alt=\"Teresa Halbach\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">HERALD TIMES REPORTER<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-70f8e7da4aac16a3b4c3376c5718d8a6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Dassey also maintains his innocence in his application, writing &#8230; &#8220;That day, I came home from school and stayed home all afternoon. That night Steven asked me to help him clean his garage floor and put a van seat and tires on his bonfire. I didn&#8217;t see or hear anything unusual. If I had I would have told my mom and called police.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-99b0c88e5c37fd69704048323bd2f4a4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>However, Dassey wondered if maybe Avery isn&#8217;t as innocent as he insists. He added &#8230; &#8220;Now that I&#8217;m older, part of me thinks it&#8217;s possible that Steven might have been involved because of how he treated women.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-7cc48ec38ffb4d154b0ef8fca8943222\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Dassey said that if Avery had convinced him to unwittingly cover up the crime, it would &#8220;really bother&#8221; him &#8230; and says that&#8217;s not the kind of person he is.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-9143c573cf43b0998fa0cb1b1a868047\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>He went on to draw a line in the sand between himself and Avery, saying &#8230; &#8220;If I get out I want nothing to do with Steven ever again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-42f0b489f4979ec71d7a83c8913b2e4e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Remember &#8230; Avery and Dassey are both serving life sentences. Avery has no possibility of parole, but Dassey will be eligible in 2048. 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