Brendan Dassey, whose rape and murder conviction was documented in the 2015 Netflix series Making a Murderer, is seeking a pardon.
Attorneys for Dassey said on Wednesday that they are petitioning Democratic governor Tony Evers for either a pardon or a commutation of their client’s life prison sentence.
Dassey, who was 17 when he received a life prison sentence, sent a handwritten note to the governor of Wisconsin making the request.
Outside of a pardon or a commutation, the earliest that Dassey could be released on parole is 2048.