Early in August, fans of Netflix’s Making a Murderer rejoiced at the news that Brendan Dassey, who was serving a 41-year prison sentence in connection with the 2005 slaying of Teresa Halbach, would soon be a free man. Dassey’s conviction was overturned by a federal judge on the grounds that his confession — upon which virtually the entire case against him was based — was coerced.
It seems, however, that the saga of Dassey’s trial hasn’t yet concluded. According to Uproxx, the state of Wisconsin exercised its right to appeal the decision yesterday afternoon, just before the September 12 deadline. The state had been given 30 days to come to a decision.
The filing itself is embedded below and, at the very least, means that Dassey will remain imprisoned for far longer than he otherwise would have. The gears of the justice system often turn slowly, so it could take a year or more for this newest challenge to play out in court. On top of that, there’s no guarantee that the next federal judge who hears the case won’t reverse the previous decision and order Dassey to serve out the remainder of his sentence.
Wisconsin AG filed a notice today stating that they will appeal the Brendan Dassey release #MakingAMurderer pic.twitter.com/QcEfexI3fa
— Mike Hayes (@michaelhayes) September 9, 2016
Many who watched Making a Murder came away feeling like it was a miscarriage of justice that sent both Brendan Dassey and Steven Avery to jail, but there was perhaps even greater sympathy for the former, given his age, his limited intelligence, and the dubious circumstances of his confession.
Netflix has already confirmed a second season for Making a Murderer, looking at the post-conviction process, and catching up with the defendants’ families. While some had hoped that season 2 would also follow Dassey’s release, that now seems unlikely.
Stay tuned and we’ll keep you updated as news breaks.
China just gave Hollywood a cautionary tale about AI filmmaking. Sanxingdui: Future Past, billed as the country's first fully AI-generated movie, hit theaters on October 23 and bombed at the box office.
According to Futurism, the film's reported $1.5 million production budget landed on more than 10,000 screens. Yet it pulled in only about $181,000, averaging roughly $20 per screen, making the budget difficult to recover.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
https://twitter.com/imagine/status/2113712964419063911
YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?