Michele LaVigne filed an affidavit summarizing her findings in "Under the Hood: Brendan Dassey, Language Impairments and Judicial Ignorance," in support of Brendan Dassey's petition for clemency. Dassey, who was featured in the Netflix docuseries "Making A Murderer," confessed to helping his uncle murder a Wisconsin woman in 2005. LaVigne concludes through her research that Dassey was particularly vulnerable to making a false confession, due to a severe communication disability.

Submitted by Law School News on October 2, 2019

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