Making A Murder Filmmakers Hit Back At Accusation About Leaving Out Key Evidence

"Ken Kratz is entitled to his own opinion, but he's not entitled to his own facts." Netflix's Making A Murder has sparked huge public debate since its release in December. The documentary centres around the murder trial of Steven Avery and is told mainly from Avery's side with interviews from his family, friends and lawyers. Avery spent 18 years in prison for the rape of a woman in Manitowoc, Wisconsin but was released in 2003 after new evidence proved his innocence. Two years after being freed, Avery found himself on the wrong side of the law once again, after being accused of murdering Teresa Halbach, a 25-year-old photographer. Over the course of the documentary, it follows the new court case and tries to show how Avery was set up for the crime. The prosecution team used evidence which they suggested proves Avery is guilty. Teresa's remains, her car and her key were all found on or around Avery's property. Avery's side say that they were all planted. Furthermore, prior to the case going to trial, Steven's younger cousin, Brendan, was coerced into giving a statement which claimed he helped Steven carry out the rape and murder of Teresa. Ken Kratz, the lead prosecutor in the case against Avery hit back recently at the filmmakers saying they left out key evidence in the series, which supposedly proves Avery was guilty. He told People magazine, "You don't want to muddy up a perfectly good conspiracy movie with what actually happened and certainly not provide the audience with the evidence the jury considered to reject that claim." Now the filmmakers, Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos have responded to Kratz's claims. "Ken Kratz is entitled to his own opinion, but he's not entitled to his own facts," Laura told The Wrap. "If he'd like to put together a documentary and try to discredit us in some way, he's welcome to do that. We're not going to be pulled into re-litigating the Halbach case with him." Moira added, "I guess I would ask Kratz what he would trade it for. We tried to choose what we thought was Kratz's strongest evidence pointing toward Steven's guilt, the things he talked about at his press conferences, the things that were really damning toward Steven. That's what we put in. The things I've heard listed as things we've left out seem much less convincing of guilt than Teresa's DNA on a bullet or her remains in his backyard." Images via Netflix.