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State of Wisconsin fights 'Making a Murderer' inmate release
By businessinsider.com- Scott Bauer
Published: 11/16/2016

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state of Wisconsin moved quickly Tuesday to try and block, or at least delay, the release of a man convicted in the case featured in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer."

Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel asked that a federal court order made Monday to release Brendan Dassey be put on hold, saying the harm in releasing him is "real and substantial." Schimel also appealed the order to release Dassey to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Schimel asked U.S. Magistrate Judge William Duffin to decide on the request to put on hold Duffin's ruling releasing Dassey by 4 p.m. Wednesday. The state also will be filing an emergency motion in the federal appeals court, Schimel said.

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