re: New Netflix docu-series "Making a Murderer" (Spoilers)

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I am from Manitowoc County, and in fact, my in-laws' property abuts that of the Avery junkyard. I no longer live there myself, having moved about an hour and a half away, but still travel to the area regularly and of course have many family and friends who still reside there. I've just finished watching these, and I have to say it's been an incredibly surreal experience. Manitowoc County is small, and even if you don't KNOW know someone, you pretty much at least have some idea of who they are in a peripheral sense. This show is full of faces, names and places I've known or known of my entire life. Just to illustrate what a microcosm the area is (aside from my in-laws being the Averys' neighbors, obviously): My mother used to be married to a man who was earlier married to/had children with a woman who is now married to former Sheriff Kocurek. I went to parochial school with the daughter of and attended birthday parties at the home of Judge Fox.
I also have to say that the corruption being laid bare here is not surprising to me. If it's where you're from or where you reside, it's well-known that once the 'system' in Manitowoc County is aware of your name and face, you're pretty much SOL as far as ever getting a fair shake. One other thing that I think this story just screams is about the reality of the class war. Every single one of the players here is white. Rural poor/uneducated vs. influential/educated. There are so many things I could say about all of this; it's difficult to articulate all of the thoughts I'm having about it right now.

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Anyone see Ken Kratz's private law firm on Yelp? Dude is getting crushed by people the last few days

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Len Kachinsky writes:
The decision of the Court of Appeals on January 30, 2013 in Case No. 10 AP 1305 included the following remarks:
¶11 Dassey draws no viable link between Kachinsky’s actions and any demonstrable detriment to him. While Dassey contends that at least as of April 23, 2006, Kachinsky and O’Kelly began planning to gather evidence favorable to the State and to extract a confession from him against his will, he identifies no
“adverse effect” at the May 4 suppression hearing. Kachinsky testified at the Machner hearing that he hoped to get the best deal he could for Dassey and that,knowing Dassey’s family was pressuring him, he mentioned the possibility of a plea to the media to “send a message” to them that Dassey might have to “take a legal option that they don’t like.” He also concluded that Dassey was properly Mirandized before the March 1 questioning; the trial court agreed and successor counsel likewise saw no meritorious Miranda issue. ....
¶13 Kachinsky was long gone before Dassey’s trial or sentencing.
Dassey has not convinced us that Kachinsky’s actions amounted to an actual conflict and that Kachinsky’s advocacy was adversely affected, such that it was detrimental to Dassey’s interests. He is not entitled to a new trial or hearing.

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