About: Ken Kratz

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Kenneth "Ken" R. Kratz (born 1960/61) is an American former lawyer who served as district attorney of Calumet County, Wisconsin. He gained attention for trying a highly publicized homicide case, State of Wisconsin v. Steven Avery (2007), in which Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey were both convicted. The trial served as the subject of Making a Murderer (2015), a 10-episode documentary series produced by Netflix.

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  • Kenneth "Ken" R. Kratz (born 1960/61) is an American former lawyer who served as district attorney of Calumet County, Wisconsin. He gained attention for trying a highly publicized homicide case, State of Wisconsin v. Steven Avery (2007), in which Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey were both convicted. The trial served as the subject of Making a Murderer (2015), a 10-episode documentary series produced by Netflix. Kratz resigned from his office in October 2010 after a sexting scandal; he had sent sexual texts to a 26-year-old domestic violence victim whose ex-boyfriend he was prosecuting. Several other women whom he met as district attorney also complained to authorities that he had approached them with inappropriate sexual behavior. As a result, in 2014, Kratz's law license was suspended for four months by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. In 2013, he settled a civil suit by the first woman who had brought the complaint against him. (en)
  • Kenneth R. Kratz (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1960 of 1961) is een voormalig Amerikaans advocaat en 'district attorney' (vergelijkbaar met officier van justitie) in Calumet County. Kratz verwierf internationale bekendheid door zijn rol in de documentaire-serie Making a Murderer, waarin hij hoofdpersonen Steven Avery en Brendan Dassey aanklaagt voor de moord op fotografe Teresa Halbach. Kratz won de zaak en Avery en Dassey werden veroordeeld tot levenslang. De documentaire tracht aan te tonen dat de veroordelingen mogelijk onterecht zijn. Kratz heeft altijd beweerd dat de rechtszaak eerlijk is verlopen en dat de daadwerkelijke schuldigen achter de tralies zitten. Kratz is auteur van een boek over de zaak Avery. In het boek schrijft hij onder andere over bewijsstukken die de documentaire-serie achterwege heeft gelaten. Kratz verschijnt ook in de serie Convicting a Murderer, de tegenhanger van Making a Murderer. Kratz heeft een zoon uit een eerder huwelijk en is getrouwd met Leah. (nl)
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  • Kenneth R. Kratz (en)
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  • Kenneth R. Kratz (en)
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  • Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. (en)
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  • Ken Kratz (en)
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  • Attorney (en)
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  • Wisconsin (en)
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  • Leah Kratz (en)
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  • Jerilyn Dietz (en)
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  • October 2010 (en)
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  • May 1992 (en)
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  • Kenneth "Ken" R. Kratz (born 1960/61) is an American former lawyer who served as district attorney of Calumet County, Wisconsin. He gained attention for trying a highly publicized homicide case, State of Wisconsin v. Steven Avery (2007), in which Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey were both convicted. The trial served as the subject of Making a Murderer (2015), a 10-episode documentary series produced by Netflix. (en)
  • Kenneth R. Kratz (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1960 of 1961) is een voormalig Amerikaans advocaat en 'district attorney' (vergelijkbaar met officier van justitie) in Calumet County. Kratz verwierf internationale bekendheid door zijn rol in de documentaire-serie Making a Murderer, waarin hij hoofdpersonen Steven Avery en Brendan Dassey aanklaagt voor de moord op fotografe Teresa Halbach. Kratz won de zaak en Avery en Dassey werden veroordeeld tot levenslang. De documentaire tracht aan te tonen dat de veroordelingen mogelijk onterecht zijn. Kratz heeft altijd beweerd dat de rechtszaak eerlijk is verlopen en dat de daadwerkelijke schuldigen achter de tralies zitten. (nl)
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