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Brendan Dassey's Rapping Half-Brother Talks 'Making a Murderer' And Why He Thinks Dassey Is Innocent

'Making a Murderer' subject Brendan Dassey is innocent says his half-brother.

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Steven Avery is one-half of the duo convicted for the murder of Teresa Halbach as examined in Netflix's Making a Murderer. Avery's nephew, Brendan Dassey, is the other person convicted. After releasing a track titled "They Didn’t Do It," in defense of Avery and Dassey, Dassey's half-brother Brad Dassey, a Christian rapper, explains why he thinks Brendan is innocent and talks more about his music in a new interview.

Brad caught up with The Early Registration and not only revealed "They Didn't Do It" wasn't the only song he released surrounding the case, but also that he's binge watched Making a Murderer though he hasn’t been able to follow along. "I'm not exactly sure what the new evidence is at this point," said Brad. "My mind has been spinning in so many directions lately and I just really want to find time to rest and re-coop from everything."

One thing he is sure about is his half-brother's innocence which he believes wholeheartedly describing Brendan as a: "shy, quiet kid who wouldn't harm a fly." "There's no way he did this," Brad said. Brad believes, as many do, that Brendan's confession to the murder (which he later recanted) was coerced. Brad said:

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