The attorney for convicted killer Steven Avery is asking the Wisconsin Court of Appeals to take up the case. Kathleen Zellner is still seeking a new trial for Avery – or, an evidentiary hearing. Zellner’s new trial request was turned down by a circuit judge in August, but now, she wants the appeals court to consider claims ranging from insufficient scientific testing of evidence to ineffective trial counsel. Avery’s nephew, Brendan Dassey, has asked Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers to grant him clemency. Avery and Dassey are both currently serving life sentences for the death of freelance photographer Theresa Halbach in 2005.
