'Making a Murderer' News Update: Brendan Dassey's Case was Overturned; What's Next For Steven Avery?

"Making a Murderer" fans will get to see progress on the Netflix documentary series as the latest update on Brendan Dassey's conviction was announced. On August 12, a federal judge overturned Brendan Dassey's conviction.

The "Making a Murderer" team opened up about the documentary series' progress wherein they were delighted with Brendan Dassey's overturned conviction.Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos stated that they will continually update the fans in regards to Steven Avery's rape case.

"Today was a major development for the subjects in our story and this recent news shows the criminal justice system at work," Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos said via statement. "As we have done for the past 10 years, we will continue to document the story as it unfolds, and follow it wherever it may lead."

As for Steven Avery on the other hand, it was mentioned that he is happy for Brendan's case progress. It was then noted that Steven Avery's team are looking forward to having a positive turnout for his lawsuit as well.

"We are thrilled for Brendan Dassey that his conviction has been overturned," the team's statement which was given to E! News wrote. "We fully expected this outcome from an unbiased court that carefully examined his confession. I was just visiting Steven Avery and he is so happy for Brendan. We know when an unbiased court reviews all of the new evidence we have, Steven will have his conviction overturned as well."

Steven Avery was once convicted in 1985 after he was wrongfully accused of raping Penny Beerntsen inside her Manitowoc, Wisconsin home. He was then released after being imprisoned for 18 years as the DNA lead to a conviction on the real criminal according to CNN.

Steven Avery was once again convicted in 2005 after he was once again charged with raping Teresa Halbach's. Several pieces of evidence that were found on Halbach's vehicle led to Steven Avery. His nephew Brendan Dassey then admitted to helping Steven Avery in raping and killing Halbach.