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Dr Phil January 18, 2016 Full Episode
“Making a Murderer”: New Details Revealed as the Sheriff’s Department Speaks Out

In a daytime television exclusive, Dr. Phil talks to Kenneth Peterson, Avery’s arresting officer in the 1985 rape case and the Manitowoc County Sheriff when Avery was arrested for murder and put on trial. What information does he reveal for the first time? And, Avery’s defense attorney, Dean Strang, speaks out about his former client. What does he think about Avery’s conviction and the potential for a new trial? Plus, former Green Bay, Wisconsin news reporter Diana Alvear weighs in, and Avery’s former fiancée Sandra Greenman reflects upon the last time she says she saw Avery.

 

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‘Making a Murderer’ Atty Dean Strang dispelling rumors about the infamous case: “This stuff drives me nuts!”
JANUARY 18, 2016, BY JEFFCARLINWGNAM

Dean Strang represented Steven Avery at trial and joins Roe Conn, Anna Davalantes, and Atty Mike Monico to address some issues that have come up since “Making a Murderer”

Approx 20 min. audio at link^^^

 

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‘Making A Murderer’: Avery Absolutely Guilty But Dassey Innocent

In reality, you also would likely need a couple more corrupt police officers to help cover it all of this up as well. Nonsense. I am convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that Steven Avery killed Teresa and that he received a flawed but overall fair trial.

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It really comes down to the science. We now know how easy it can be to convince a suggestible, simple young man to offer a false confession but it would have been strikingly difficult to plant the evidence against Avery as they allege here and basically impossible to plant all of it.​

LawNewz

 

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Legal experts blast Avery prosecutor's conduct

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"A defendant has a right to a fair trial, which means a trial in which guilt or innocence is determined only by evidence received in court and evidence only evaluated by a jury," said Ben Kempinen, University of Wisconsin Law School clinical professor of law and director of the Prosecution Project.

"To me, those press conferences would suggest a colorable violation of the (bar association) trial publicity rule. The risks of prejudice are magnified in smaller communities because of the pervasive nature of the publicity and the likelihood that virtually the entire community will have strong feelings about the case. The Avery case appeared to have captured the attention of the Fox Valley market ... and you cannot un-ring that bell."

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"It's unethical behavior with no legitimate purpose," Smith told USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin. "Prosecutors should err on the side of not inflaming the public. To prosecute a case in the media damages the legal system because you're prejudicing the jury process."

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"There is absolutely no purpose for any of this stuff that Ken Kratz did," said Ritnour, who served two terms in two largely rural counties similar to Manitowoc and Calumet counties, from 2003 through 2010. "He likes and wants his name out there. He is definitely trying to get to the people who will then be in the jury pool. Even if Kratz loses (at trial), he still kind of wins anyway because he convicted Avery and Dassey in the court of public opinion."

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"Ken Kratz gives this false story," Turvey said. "It's pure fantasy. The entire theory comes from the fantasies of these police investigators (interviewing Dassey). The problem here is that (Kratz) gave false information, this whole sexual fantasy, talking about Teresa Halbach talking and begging and yelling when none of this had any forensic science to back it up.

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Kratz was not the only powerful law enforcement official giving numerous interviews with the press that were designed to incriminate Dassey and Avery. Now-retired Manitowoc County Sheriff Ken Petersen told a television station before Avery's trial that Avery "would kill again" if he was ever released from custody. Petersen also testified at a pretrial hearing that he did not believe that Gregory Allen was the real rapist of the 1985 crime that Avery was wrongly convicted.​

Post Crescent

 

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Andrew Colborn rips report on Steven Avery
Alison Dirr, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin 8:02 p.m. CST January 19, 2016

"Making a Murderer" questions the tactics of members of the Manitowoc County Sheriff's Office, and now a lieutenant is firing back — at one of our reporters.

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Colborn's email reads:
I would like to personally admonish you for continuing to publish inaccurate information and for fueling the threats we continue to receive. Why don’t you take the time to thoroughly investigate ALL the readily available information before you publish your articles? I hope you are proud of the fact that you felt it was necessary to publish private information about Mr. Lenk’s residence, as he is now a citizen in poor health trying to live a quiet life away from this media circus. You should be ashamed of yourself. You know all these allegations against Mr. Lenk, myself and our agency are totally false, yet you continue to support these lies and exacerbate the problems they cause. Try and imagine if something serious happens to one of us or to a member of our families because of all the completely distorted and slanted information that is being published by subjects like yourself. Your lack of responsibility and your bias is appalling. I know the truth doesn’t sell newspapers as much as lies and controversy, but for once try thinking about the consequences of the slander and defamation that you are authoring and participating in. A word of caution, be careful what you wish for. If Steven Avery is ever freed, he may just become your neighbor, and he may want to bring his nephew with him.

Joel Christopher, vice president of news for USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin, edited Ferak's story and stood by the organization's reporting.

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Colborn's email was a response to this article by reporter John Ferak

Lenk, Colborn, O'Kelly: Where are they now?
John Ferak, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin 1:32 p.m. CST January 16, 2016

 

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‘Making a Murderer’ Prosecutor Ken Kratz: ‘I Was a D--k!’

“I was a d--k,” Kratz told Friedman. “Some of that was bravado that was necessary for the presentation of the case, but some of that was me. I think it’s important that people understand that I’m not that person anymore.”

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“I wouldn’t actually, and this is really, again, a fantastic question,” Kratz told Friedman when she asked what he’d write. “But the respect I have for all women doesn’t allow me to go down that road at all. I don’t do that anymore … I don’t sext anybody, much less victims of domestic violence.”​

US Weekly

 

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A Cold Case Expert Thinks 'Making A Murderer' May Be Tied To One Of The Most Prolific Serial Killers Ever
Ryan Harkness January 20, 2016

One of the most frustrating questions regarding the death of Teresa Halbach in Netflix’s crime documentary Making A Murderer is “If Steven Avery didn’t kill her, who did?” We’ve heard a couple of theories offered up by internet sleuths and Steven Avery himself, but there’s been nothing very conclusive – partially because the police did such a terrible job of following leads once they’d decided Avery was the killer. But former police sergeant and FBI cold case task force worker John Cameron thinks he knows who did it.

According to Cameron, Edward Wayne Edwards was a serial killer that liked to set other people up for the crimes he committed and was obsessed with the media attention surrounding murder. Sometimes he would pick victims based on reports he read in newspapers. Other times his target would be the person being set up for murder, with the victim being almost inconsequential.

 

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Seven details left out of 'Making a Murderer'
Alison Dirr, Post-Crescent January 20, 2016

Theresa Halbach's car was found on the Avery property. Photographic evidence entered by prosecutors in the Stephen Avery case. (Photo: Calumet County District Attorney's Office)

The Netflix docuseries Making a Murderer has audiences calling for convicted killer Steven Avery's release. But some involved with the case say the filmmakers conveniently left out key pieces of evidence.

The 10-part series seeks to raise questions about the guilty verdicts against Avery and his nephew, Brendan Dassey, who were found guilty in the Halloween 2005 slaying of 25-year-old photographer Teresa Halbach.

Two years before the homicide, Avery had been exonerated in a rape case for which he served 18 years in prison.

1. Additional DNA evidence linking Avery to Halbach's car
During the trial, Avery's lawyers suggested that police planted evidence including Avery's blood in Halbach's SUV.

2. The cat fire
Filmmakers downplayed Avery's animal cruelty charge, according to Kratz.

3. Full details of Halbach's remains in the fire pit
Halbach’s tooth, identified with dental records, and a rivet from the jeans she was wearing the day she went missing were found in the fire pit near Avery’s home, Kratz said.

4. Phone records
According to Kratz, Avery targeted Halbach, who worked as a freelance photographer for Auto Trader Magazineand had photographed cars on Avery's property prior to her death.

5. Halbach’s belongings
Halbach’s phone, camera and handheld device were found 20 feet from Avery’s door, and were burned in his barrel, Kratz said.

6. Ballistics
Kratz said a bullet from Avery's gun had Halbach's DNA on it.

7. Steven Avery planned to torture women, according to the additional charges filed by the DA in 2006
While he was serving a prison sentence for a rape he was later acquitted of, Steven Avery planned the torture and killing of a young woman, according to documents released in the 2006 Halbach case.

 

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Brendan Dassey transferred from Allouez prison

ALLOUEZ, Wis. - One of the men convicted in the brutal slaying that spawned the Making a Murderer documentary has been transferred out of a Green Bay, Wis.,-area prison.

Brendan Dassey, serving a life sentence for his role in the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach, was transferred Wednesday to the Columbia Correctional Institution, a 500-inmate facility in Portage, according to the state corrections website.​

USAtoday

Also see: Odd claim that transfer was due to docuseries

 

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http://www.ohkay-dohkay.com/making-a-murderer-thoughts/

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/making-murderer-steven-avery-writes-7230425

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/201...r-steven-avery-brendan-dassey-_n_9048104.html

http://hollywoodlife.com/2016/01/21...um-security-prison-making-a-murderer-threats/

 

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Steven Avery sends WISN 12 a letter: 'Truth will set me free'
Jan 22, 2016

MILWAUKEE —WISN 12 News investigative reporter Colleen Henry wrote convicted Steven Avery to see if he would be willing to talk about how the Netflix documentary series “Making a Murderer” has affected him.

Thursday afternoon, she received his three-page response.

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Avery suggested the state paid his former girlfriend to change her story writing, "How much money Jodi get to talk bad!"

With Avery's handwritten note came a typed statement in which he wrote, "The real killer is still out there. Who is he stalking now? I am really innocent of this case and that is the truth!!! The truth will set me free!!!!!!!"

Steven Avery Breaks His Silence on ‘Making a Murderer’: ‘The Real Killer Is Still Out There’
01.23.16

Avery and his new team of attorneys have been battling for his freedom in the wake of the hit Netflix documentary, which raised serious questions about the investigation and trial that led to his 2007 conviction.

In his handwritten letter from prison, the 53-year-old Avery asked Henry to “do an investigation of the sheriff of Manitowoc County,” one of several authorities whose methods and motivations have been called into question in the whodunit frenzy of interest in Avery’s case.

 

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Making A Murderer, “Biased” Journalism & Necessary Outrage

Both Serial’s first season — about the conviction of Adnan Syed for the murder of his high school girlfriend in 1999 — and Making A Murderer make it clear that they present an alternative point of view on a matter of established legal fact, asking, “Was an innocent man convicted of a murder he did not commit?” In both cases, sharp, engaging, emotionally effective storytelling raises serious doubts about their subject’s guilt, but, far more importantly, they illuminate systemic flaws in the justice system as a whole.

While very different, both series have aided in educating the public about a legal system that would prefer to be regarded as too complicated to understand because our ignorance makes us easier to control. The outrage that these series have inspired is a long time coming. Let’s not diminish or dismiss that (mostly constructive) outrage – a few misdirected tweets notwithstanding – in favor of handwringing and nitpicking over journalistic impartiality. Anything that successfully chips away at the cult-like reverence with which our country treats those who make and enforce laws should be celebrated and encouraged.​

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Making a Murderer prosecutor Ken Kratz asked Steven Avery to confess in order to write a book about it

The lawyer for a man convicted of murder and whose story recently featured in a popular documentary has accused the man who prosecuted his case of seeking to write a memoir about the killing and requesting her client to confess to the crime.

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This week, Mr Avery’s new lawyer, Kathleen Zellner posted a letter on Twitter that appeared to be correspondence from Kenneth Kratz, the local prosecutor who led the case against Avery and Dassey.

The letter - addressed to Avery - appeared to relate to an offer Mr Kratz had made to the convicted man to write a book about his case. Ms Zellner added the message: "This bloodsucking gives vampires a bad name."

 

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Making a Murderer: If Steven Avery Didn't Kill Teresa Halbach, Who Did?
by Liz Raftery | Jan 25, 2016

Though Avery's legal team did not present an alternative narrative for who may have committed the crime, some Making a Murderer viewers have done their own detective work and come up with their own ideas, most of which have been thoroughly dissected on Reddit and other websites. (Filmmakers Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi, as well as Avery's attorney Dean Strang, declined to speak with TVGuide.com for this story.) Here are six other theories about how Teresa Halbach may have died:

 

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Here's Who 'Making a Murderer' Viewers Really Think Is Guilty

According to Pollfish's survey of 2,005 participants in the United States, 55.4% of respondents don't believe Avery is guilty of murdering Halbach, whereas 44.6% think Avery committed the crime. The percentages are even more closely divided when it comes to the subject of Dassey's guilt as an accomplice to Halbach's murder. According to the survey results, 51.3% of responders think Dassey is guilty as charged, whereas 48.7% believe Dassey is innocent.

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Conflicting stories: The fervor surrounding the show has been so great that a petition for Avery and Dassey's pardon prompted the White House to respond.

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The evidence: Even the credibility of evidence introduced by the prosecution is contentious, according to Pollfish. Per the data, the most convincing piece of evidence against Avery is blood found in Halbach's car. Of the survey's responders, 28.2% said blood found in the vehicle is the prosecution's most convincing evidence, compared to 26.5% who said that bones found in Avery's fire pit are the most damning evidence.

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Systemic problems with America's criminal justice system: The case against Avery and Dassey has raised questions regarding perceived, deep-seeded injustices embedded within the U.S. criminal justice system. Much the same was the case after WBEZ's This American Life podcast spinoff Serial dragged one murder case to the forefront of the public's consciousness. Despite heightened awareness for the subject of that case, Adnan Syed, the accused, remains behind bars.​

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'Making a Murderer' case tainted by investigators, experts say
John Ferak, USA TODAY

There was one simple way to avoid the allegations that Steven Avery was framed, say national law enforcement experts, and that was to keep Manitowoc County Sheriff's officers away from the investigation.

Authorities assured the public from the start of the investigation into the murder of Teresa Halbach in early November 2005 that Manitowoc County wouldn't be involved because of a pending $36 million wrongful conviction lawsuit Avery had filed against the county over his wrongful rape conviction in 1985. Calumet County took over the Halbach investigation and prosecution.

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Once it was known that Halbach had gone missing, Lenk and Colborn disregarded their obvious conflict of interest, experts said. The detectives volunteered to play an active role in the murder investigation that focused from the outset on Avery, their court testimony reflects. Colborn testified he drove out to the Avery Salvage Yard to interview Avery.

“By acknowledging a conflict right at the start, you have to walk the walk and live by that,” said Gregg McCrary, a prominent retired FBI agent who teaches policing at Marymount University in Arlington, Va. “It’s not just something to say, but something to do. The one overriding issue is the integrity of this investigation. You can’t compromise that. This goes to public perception of law enforcement.”

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Consider this:

It was the Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Office — not Calumet County — that initially took control of the Avery junkyard and Halbach's Toyota RAV4 at 10:54 a.m. Nov. 5, 2005. This was about 30 minutes after Halbach's cousin, Pamela Strum, a longtime former private investigator, reported she located the Toyota RAV4 shortly after obtaining permission to search Avery's expansive 40-acre scrapyard, which contained about 3,800 vehicles.

Court documents show Lenk put himself on duty around noon after being made aware of the vehicle's discovery that Saturday.

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Conflict was avoidable

Trainum said Manitowoc County deputies could have remained on the outer perimeter of the Avery property, just like the media or curious spectators gather near a taped-off crime scene.

It would have been acceptable for sheriff's detectives to remain at their offices in downtown Manitowoc to field calls as consultants. They could have given advice to Calumet County including useful background information surrounding Avery, his acquaintances or their knowledge of the Avery Salvage Yard, Trainum said.

By not doing any of that, Colborn and Lenk caused themselves and their agency an enormous conflict of interest. They cast suspicion upon themselves by finding the first significant clue located inside of Avery's bedroom —- the Halbach ignition key also containing Avery's DNA within days of Pagel declaring Manitowoc County would not be directly involved.

Much more at link

 

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Making a Murderer: Steven Avery defence lawyer Dean Strang responds to Netflix documentary's critics
Jack Shepherd Jan 29 2016

Avery’s defendant, Dean Strang, has since defended the Netflix series. In an interview with The Progressive, he explained that the filmmakers didn’t have time to keep everything in.

“The editorial decisions these filmmakers made in taking 200-plus hours of evidence in the Avery case and distilling it to three plus hours on the trial in the film were easily defensible decisions, it seems to me.

 

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Steven Avery's New Attorney Discusses 'Making a Murderer' Case
By EMILY SHAPIRO
Jan 30, 2016

Avery is "thrilled that there is new development in technology," Kathleen Zellner, who announced a few weeks ago that she was one of his new attorneys, told ABC affiliate WBAY-TV outside the Waupun Correctional Institution in Waupun, Wisconsin, where she met with him Friday. The high-profile attorney has previously represented clients who have been released from prison after wrongful convictions.

“Since 2007, there have been significant advances in forensic testing," Zellner told WBAY-TV. "The clearest way to do this is with scientific testing and that’s what we will be asking to do."

 

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Excellent podcast with some Canadian attorneys & Jerry Buting.

The Docket: Making a Murderer after show - Bonus Episode - Jerry Buting interview

 

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Amicus Curiae regarding subpoena to Laura Ricciardi & Synthesis Films LLC