Making A Murderer protest: Harry Potter star joins demonstrators to demand release of prisoners

Protest: Demonstrators in London demanded the release of Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey
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Jamie Bullen2 April 2016

Protesters gathered outside the US embassy to demand the release of two prisoners who featured in the hugely popular documentary Making A Murderer.

Demonstrators met outside the embassy on Saturday before they marched to Parliament Square.

They called for the release of Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey, who are currently serving life sentences for the murder of Teresa Halbach.

Their convictions became widely publicised after featuring on a Netflix documentary which has raised concerns about the American criminal justice system.

Support: Harry Potter star Miriam Margoyles joined protesters in Parliament Square
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The Making A Murderer show included claims police framed Avery and Dassey for the 2005 murder in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, by planting evidence and manipulating witnesses.

Harry Potter star Miriam Margoyles was among the protesters in London.

She said: “People have got to know what's going on because this corruption and injustice affects everyone in every country.

Controversial: The convictions were highlighted in the Netflix documentary Making A Murderer
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“I watched the programme on Netflix and I was very shocked to see that two innocent men have been sent to prison for life. I felt I had to come and make a protest.

"You can see the evidence that they got from Brendan Dassey when he was 16. He is educationally challenged, and there was nobody with him. Not his lawyer, not his mother.”

Convicted: Steven Avery is serving a life sentence for murder
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Organiser Kayleigh Brandon, who has been writing to Dassey in prison, said she wanted to raise awareness of the case.

She said: “After finally succumbing to the manipulation of seasoned interrogators, Brendan immediately recanted his coerced confession.

“Yet despite not a scrap of DNA evidence linking him to the crime scene, Brendan was sentenced to life in prison. He hasn't done any of that."

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