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Be watching him and look what happened. >> avery settled that lawsuit for $400,000 before his trial. the county did not acknowledge any wrongdoing. he used the money to hire his defense attorneys, dean strang, and jerry butting. >> we knew going in it was going to be a difficult defense. >> we spoke to butting in early 2016. >> we had a very tough defense in this case, because nobody wants to try and use as a defense that the police deliberately tried to plant evidence or frame somebody. >> it g...

It all together for kratz. he believed avery had developed a deep resentment of women which had started with his wrongful conviction and had only grown over the years. >> he has no remorse for his behavior, feels incredibly entitled. >> but as he continued to investigate the case, kratz had a problem. you still didnt know how she was killed, exactly where she was killed. was that bothering you? >> yes, but sometimes you have what you have. it was all coming together in bits and pieces. >> he and...

Legal mistakes that caused him to be removed from the case. >> is it okay if i read you some of the comments? >> sure, go ahead. >> disgusting human being. disgrace to the wisconsin judicial system, a man with a sickened soul. >> ive seen it. >> in one instance, kachinsky, working to cut a plea deal, had arranged for his client to speak with investigators, but kachinsky himself didnt show up. >> that was clearly a mistake. >> this is huge, though. >> i agree. >> you have a 16-year-old kid with a...

>> no. im not involved in the case anymore. >> she could unravel your work, if what shes saying has some weight to it. you dont think she has a chance. >> i dont. >> shes so confident. why are you so confident? >> we put 18 months putting this case together. it wasnt just thrown together. it wasnt a bunch of keystone kops. it was done very well. >> kratz says he admits to drug abuse, a scandal that led to his resignation. he takes issue with "making a murderer," but is moving on with his life. >...

>> sandy greenman is averys long-time friend and one-time fiancee. she says she searched for years to find an attorney to take on his complicated case. from prison, avery told her to watch "dateline." >> there was a case on "dateline." and he told me to watch it just to see the lawyer. >> that "dateline" program, told the story of ryan ferguson, a young man sitting in prison for a murder he said he didnt commit. attorney kathleen zellner was determined to get him out. >> nothing is as riveting a...

Steven avery behind bars. why would steven avery do this? >> thats a good question. >> reporter: we asked ken katz, who wrote a book about this. >> he started planning this event the first day he went to prison. >> reporter: and we talked with a lead investigator of the case, who has come under fire for this silent interrogation. why are you sitting here today? >> i realized that someone yo needed to speak out to tell the truth of what happened. >> reporter: so, what did happen here?ha the story...

Avery. he and his teenage nephew were convicted in the brutal murder of wisconsin photographer teresa halbach. then allegations of police corruption so explosive that investigators had been forced to fight back. two sides, one truth. who will you believe? the mystery of what happened here in this sprawling fields of rural wisconsin has cap -- captivated the country. >> we find the defendant steven avery guilty. >> reporter: in 2013, the netflix series "making a murderer convinced many that the...

>> kim is averys cousin and said she predicted something bad might happen to him after he was exonerated. >> something told me they wouldnt end the any kind of money and just watching him and look what happened. >> avery ended up settling that lawsuit for $400,000 before his trial. the county did not acknowledge any wrongdoing. he used the money to hire his defense attorneys. >> we knew going in, it was going to be a difficult defense. >> we spoke to butting early in 2016. >> we had a tough defe...

Here with more of our story is andrea cannon. >> all of the renewed attention in the steven avery saga has shed light on the other defendant in the case. brendan dassey. the teenager had been convicted of rape and murder. but to his family, none of it ever made any sense. is brendan capable of rape? >> no. i dont think he knew what that was at the time. >> reporter: in 2008, attorneys steven and laura took up dasseys case for his appeal. they saw a mentally challenged teen with a low i.q. >> how...

What happened? youll hurt yourself if you lie now. >> he has severe learning disabilities, inability to respond in a narrative type answers. and therein precisely the areas that make him vulnerable to the kind of tactics that the police officers used in this case. >> reporter: the attorneys say that the investigators manipulated dassey with coaxing statements like these from fastbender who was seated just off camera. >> im your friend right now. >> they should have never made those kind of sugge...