Making a Murderer nephew Brendan Dassey freed by judgeA US judge has ordered the immediate prison release of Brendan Dassey, whose case featured in Netflix's Making a Murderer documentary.
The Wisconsin man's murder conviction was overturned this summer, however, prosecutors are appealing.
The 27-year-old, who has learning difficulties, and his uncle Steven Avery were convicted of murdering a young woman, Teresa Halbach, in 2005.
Avery and Dassey, who was 16 at the time, were sentenced to life in prison.
Judge William Duffin ordered that Dassey be freed from prison under supervision until the next steps in the case become clear, reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.The same judge quashed Dassey's conviction in August, ruling that investigators had made false promises by assuring him "he had nothing to worry about".
He confessed to helping Avery rape, kill and mutilate Ms Halbach.
The case received wide attention after the release of the 10-part documentary Making a Murderer in December 2015.
The filmmakers cast doubt on the legal process used to convict Dassey and Avery
Avery was accused and found guilty of murdering Ms Halbach, a photographer for Auto Trader Magazine.
Her charred remains were found at Avery's car salvage yard a week after she went there to photograph a minivan for sale.
The documentary series focused on the conduct of law officials in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
They had been facing a huge financial penalty over an earlier case in which Avery was wrongfully imprisoned for 18 years for sexual assault.
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