UNDATED (WTAQ) – Brendan Dassey must be released from prison no later than 8 p.m. Friday.
That’s the ruling Wednesday by U.S. Magistrate Judge William Duffin, who denied the state’s motion to block Dassey’s release.
Following Duffin’s decision, Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel filed an emergency motion with the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago to block the release order.
The state is asking the appeals court to make a ruling by Friday.
Dassey’s attorney’s responded to the state’s motion, arguing that releasing Dassey would cause no harm to the public.
Earlier this week, Duffin granted Dassey supervised release from the Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage as he waits for the appeal process.
Duffin overturned his 2005 conviction in the murder of Teresa Halbach, and the Wisconsin Department of Justice has appealed that ruling.
Duffin says the U.S. Probation Office has approved Dassey’s proposed residence and completed all pre-release investigation. State officials have not say when Dassey will actually be released.
According to a September filing, Dassey’s attorneys said he would spend the initial 1 to 3 months living in a family-owned trailer with his mother about 100 miles from Manitowoc. Dassey would then move to an apartment in Brown County so he could participate in educational, vocational and therapeutic services in the area.
