Close to 250 political and legal experts have signed an open letter urging Wisconsin's governor to grant clemency to Brendan Dassey, the subject of Netflix's hit true-crime documentary series The names include former prosecutors and senior U.S. government officials, juvenile justice experts, law enforcement authorities, psychologists who specialize in the study of false confessions and more than two dozen exonerees.
It continues: "Many of us believe that Brendan’s sentence – life in prison, with no chance of parole until 2048 – is wildly inappropriate. All of us agree that, after serving more than 13 years in prison and accumulating an exemplary prison record, it is time to bring Brendan Dassey home." On the strength of his confession, Dassey was found guilty in 2007 of 1st Degree Intentional Homicide and was sentenced to life in prison, with his first parole opportunity in 2048.