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Brendan Dassey's Bid for Clemency Gains Support

Bryan Lundberg, WHBL •

 Scheck and Neufeld cited Dassey’s youth and his low mental and cognitive capacity among reasons for supporting the bid for clemency, and Marsha Levick of the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia called Dassey’s case a “travesty of justice”.

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Juvenile Life Without Parole (JLWOP), Youth Tried as Adults, Youth Interrogations
About the Expert
Marsha Levick, Esq.

Marsha Levick co-founded Juvenile Law Center in 1975. Throughout her legal career, Levick has been an advocate for children’s and women's rights and is a nationally recognized expert in juvenile law.

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