Making a Murderer: Brother of convict releases rap track ‘They Didn’t Do It’

ConvictedL Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey are still behind bars
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Jennifer Ruby13 January 2016

The entire world seems to have an opinion about Netflix’s latest true crime series Making a Murderer.

Everyone from the original prosecution team, to former jurors and members of the public are wading in with their views.

Now a member of Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey’s family is having his say on the convictions… in the form of a rap.

Brad Dassey, who is the half-brother of Brendan, has released a brand new track suitably called They Didn’t Do It.

Expressing how upset he is with the justice system through the power of song, Dassey raps lyrics including:

“Injustice slammed in the face of two innocent people/They didn’t do it/Come to your senses, everything is just foolish/Thing clearly show that this is a joke/Cops only there just to prod and poke.”

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It continues: “Kid's just innocent / was only 16, tryna set him free / He's not guilty, there's no way in hell / Corruption made him fall, lose it all.”

The song has now been released on the YouTube and SoundCloud accounts of the self-proclaimed “indie Christian rapper”.

The White House has recently responded to a public petition which called for Avery and Dassey to be pardoned after it amassed hundreds of thousands of signatures.

The statement read: “Under the Constitution, only federal criminal convictions, such as those adjudicated in the United States District Courts, may be pardoned by the President.

“In addition, the President’s pardon power extends to convictions adjudicated in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and military court-martial proceedings.

“However, the President cannot pardon a state criminal offence.”

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