'Making a Murderer' Creators Fire Back at Prosecutor Who Says They Left Out Key Evidence

The creators of Netflix's Making a Murderer are hitting back after former prosecutor Ken Kratz told People the docu-series left out "key evidence" that was instrumental in the jury's decision to convict Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey.

The Wrap reached out to the creators in question, Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi, in order to hear their thoughts on Kratz's comments. In his comments via email, Kratz criticized the docu-series and its portrayal of the evidence, as well as saying that the filmmakers didn't want "to muddy up a perfectly good conspiracy movie with what actually happened."

Responding to Kratz's comments, Demos said:

"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."

Ricciardi further clarified, saying that "all of the most significant evidence" from the six-week-long trial was shown in the show, and that including every single bit of evidence would have been "impossible."

Demos also fired back at Kratz's other comments about not wanting to "muddy up" the film with what he says is the truth, calling back to Kratz's own words from the trial:

"This is coming from a man who argued in closing arguments that reasonable doubts are for innocent people. This is coming from a man who said, "So what if the key was planted?" ... We are confident. We stand by the project we did. It is thorough. It is accurate. It is fair. That is why it took us 10 years to produce it. As I've said before, Ken Kratz is entitled to his own opinion, but he's not entitled to his own facts."

In the interview, Demos also says that they reached out to Kratz for comment at least three times over the course of several years. The pair also talk about the impact the series is having, saying that they hope that people will have a "broader dialogue" about the events of the documentary.