Ken Kratz gained attention for trying a highly publicized homicide case, State of Wisconsin v Steven Avery, in which Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey were both convicted.
19 Facts About Ken Kratz
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Ken Kratz worked in the La Crosse, Wisconsin City Attorney's Office as an assistant city attorney from 1985 to 1987.
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Ken Kratz was appointed district attorney of Calumet County by Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson in 1992; he was the only applicant for the post.
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Ken Kratz served as president of the Wisconsin District Attorneys Association in 1996.
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Ken Kratz chaired the Wisconsin Victim Rights Council in 1993 as well as its successor, the Wisconsin Crime Victims Rights Board, from 1998 to 2010.
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In 1997, Ken Kratz prosecuted a prominent child abuse case in which parents allegedly locked their daughter in a cage.
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In 2008, Ken Kratz explored a run for the Republican nomination in Wisconsin's 6th congressional district.
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Ken Kratz was appointed special prosecutor and headed the investigation and prosecution of Steven Avery in neighboring Manitowoc County for the murder of Teresa Halbach on October 31,2005.
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Ken Kratz was co-counsel to lead prosecutor Tom Fallon against Brendan Dassey, after conducting notorious press conferences against him and Avery.
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Ken Kratz gained convictions of both defendants in trials in 2007.
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In October 2009, Ken Kratz was prosecuting a domestic violence case against the ex-boyfriend of a 26-year-old victim, who was a college student and part-time preschool teacher.
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One woman complained that Ken Kratz had invited her to a date at a slain woman's autopsy "provided I act as his girlfriend and would wear high heels and a skirt," and another woman said after meeting her in his office he texted her asking how she would impress him in bed.
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At the time, Ken Kratz was serving as chairman of the Wisconsin Crime Victims' Rights Board, a quasi-judicial agency that he helped create that can reprimand judges, prosecutors, and police officers who mistreat crime victims.
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Ken Kratz had met a woman when he prosecuted her for shoplifting in 2006.
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Ken Kratz said he instructed her to give him a 'blow job,' and she did.
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Ken Kratz allegedly put his hand up the skirt of another domestic violence victim in 1999, when he was prosecuting her husband.
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Ken Kratz did not cooperate with the producers or interviewers in the series.
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Ken Kratz later criticized them, saying they had left out key pieces of evidence.
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Ken Kratz said he and his then-wife separated in October 2009, and that he filed for divorce in December 2009.