Dec. 20, 1:45p
(AP/WPR)---Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says he will not consider a pardon request from Brendan Dassey, the man convicted of rape and murder when he was a teenager whose story was documented in the 2015 Netflix series "Making a Murderer."
A letter released Friday says Dassey's request filed in October does not meet the criteria for a pardon consideration because he has not completed his prison sentence and he is required to register as a sex offender.
Advocates have been pushing for Dassey to be freed but ran out of options in the courts after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear his latest appeal.
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