'Making a Murderer' Update: How Is Dean Strang Handling His Newfound Celebrity Status?
Making a Murderer defense attorney Dean Strang is still adjusting to his newfound fame.
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Strang ascended to national prominence through his frequent appearance on Making a Murderer, the 10-part Netflix docuseries centering on the allegedly corrupt prosecution of Wisconsin native Steven Avery.
The defense attorney just gave an interview with BBC News about how tough it's been lately now that he is essentially a legal celebrity.
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"I have a hard time just being Dean Strang most days. The newfound exposure has been bewildering at times and just so unlikely in the extreme," he admitted. "My wife and I are still trying to adjust to it."
Strang also discussed claims made by special prosecutor Ken Kratz (also featured, though unfavorably, in the series) that Making a Murderer was a one-sided argument for the defense.
"The perspective on this is interesting, right?" Strang said. "This film manages to cram in all of the most significant evidence and arguments that the state made. And I think it even-handedly does the same for the defense. Now, there is less significant information and argument that's omitted on both sides but that's unavoidable where you're devoting 10 hours in total to this story."
Considering how much the filmmakers had to cram into just 10 hours, Strang expressed that he felt "the editorial judgments made here are perfectly defensible as reasonable and fair."
Making a Murderer is streaming in full on Netflix now.
