Father should be jailed for life court told judge
Father should be jailed for life court told judge
By David Wilson
16 February 2014
In a remarkable decision made by the court of Appeals, the judge in the case of Steven Avery’s wrongful conviction ordered the murder sentence for Brendan Dassey’s father.
Avery was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide for the 2004 murder of Teresa Halbach in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. During his trial, he claimed that Halbach and her family had been murdered because she was a prostitute and his “own daughter” was out to destroy him.
Bettina Winifred Avery was found guilty of first-degree intentional homicide as a hate crime after police found her burned, covered in blood and beaten with an object in Halbach’s vehicle. Halbach was later found burned and partially nude in the woods. She had been strangled to death with an industrial tire after being abducted. Her death was더킹카지노 ruled an accident. The murder weapon, which police found under Halbach’s car, was a steel kitchen knife. It is alleged that Avery had cut his daughter’s throat before throwing her out of his car.
In his ruling, Chief Justice Roy Moore said the judge had found that Brendan Dassey’s “exemplary” defense “was based on 바카라사이트the false premise that Halbach was innocent and that her death was an accident.” He concluded, “the evidence was sufficient to provide Avery with strong reason to believe he was guilty of the crime.”
The court also considered a number of circumstances, including the 더킹카지노“substantial presence” of a DNA profile “derived from blood from Avery and other blood evidence, the presence of additional weapons during this killing … and the existence of an eyewitness who identified Halbach as a prostitute” as well as the “disturbing lack of an immediate or direct motive for Steven Avery to use and/or threaten to use lethal force to defend his honor.” Moore further stated, “Avery was convicted by a trial judge who had spent years investigating the murder of a juvenile he believed killed a prostitute and who was sentenced to life imprisonment with no chance of parole for 26 years.”
During questioning by the defense, Avery’s father testified that he had been drinking that night with family and friends and that there had been a struggle with the police. He claimed that after drinking, he had fallen asleep in his bedroom. He called police after having an argument with his wife and their son over a telephone issue regarding custody of their daughter. When officers arrived at the home the following day, they found no evidence of a struggle
