Ken Kratz, the special prosecutor who helped throw Making a Murderer subject Steven Avery in prison, is still convinced that the Wisconsin native is a murderer.

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Making a Murderer, the new docuseries that attempts to show Avery's innocence and get to the truth behind his multiple convictions, may not be showing everything, says Kratz. spoke with Maxim recently and admitted that he still feels that Avery murdered photographer Teresa Halbach.

"Avery said he left his anger in prison--that's not true at all. [In prison,] he created a diagram of a torture chamber, [telling other inmates] 'I intend to torture and rape and murder young women' after his release. The judge decided not to allow that as evidence; he said it was too prejudicial," Kratz told the magazine.

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Kratz does believe that Avery was wrongfully convicted for his earlier charges of sexual assault back in 1985, however.

"Steven's got a legitimate claim to being upset and angry that he was unlawfully convicted. There isn't anybody who disagreed he was legitimately wronged," Kratz admitted. "He was poised to have a much better life from that point forward. But his hatred and this desire to hang onto it was so prevalent in Mr. Avery that it came out."

But Kratz also thinks that Avery's nephew, Brendan Dassey, who was also charged with Haibach's murder, would not have committed the crime were it not for Avery's influence.

"I am convinced that Avery murdered and mutilated Halbach, and I believe that Brendan Dassey raped her and participated in the murder and helped dispose of the body. I also believe that without Steven, Brendan would not have murdered her," he said.

Speaking on Making a Murderer arguably not showing the entire truth and all the facts in the case, Kratz suggested that the documentarians only told the story from one perspective.

"If you pick and choose and edit clips over a ten-year span, you're going to be able to spoon-feed a movie audience so they conclude what you want them to conclude," he explained. "That the theory of planted evidence...is accepted by some people isn't surprising at all. The piece is done very well, and I would have come to the same conclusion if that was the only material I was presented with."

Making a Murderer is currently available to stream on Netflix.

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