Alison Dirr

USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Former Calumet County District Attorney Ken Kratz plans to speak in Rockford, Ill., in May — and some naysayers may be outside the doors protesting.

He'll be speaking with Judge Jeanine Pirro, host of the Fox News Channel show "Justice with Judge Jeanine," on May 19 at the Coronado Performing Arts Center. The talk is titled, "Avery: Guilty As Charged," and apparently gives the public the opportunity to see and hear the side of the story that "Making a Murderer" didn't present.

The docu-series reached a high level of international interest and provided only a defense-slanted side of the story calling for Avery’s exoneration and freedom," the event description says.

The discussion will be "riveting" and audience members will get the chance to ask questions during a "candid Q&A." Kratz is also promising to show "never before seen evidence" that wasn't in the series.

While they're letting the audience in on the secrets of the case, protesters are expected to be making some noise.

One Facebook event, hosted by the Steven Avery Project, has apparently a few listed as interested and one going so far. Another event, hosted by the group Free Brendan Dassey, seems to be planning another protest of the event.

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Filmmakers to receive award

The "Making a Murderer" filmmakers are set to join the ranks of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Paul Krugman and J.K. Rowling today.

Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi will receive the James Joyce Award from the Literary and Historical Society at the University College Dublin. The award is given to people who "have achieved outstanding success in their given field."

The pair will discuss the making of the docu-series, which has been a huge success on Netflix, and their insights of the justice system.

Other past recipients include Noam Chomsky, Emeli Sandé, Will Ferrell, Martin Freeman, Sir Alex Ferguson and Tutu.

Strang backs filmmakers

One of Avery's defense attorneys, Dean Strang, backed the filmmakers during a speech in Oklahoma Monday.

“Every human being has a point of view. Therefore, because filmmakers are human beings, the film has a point of view, and we ought to welcome a diversity of opinion and points of view,” Strang said, according to the Oklahoma Daily. “It's not the only representation of the case that could have been made. In fact, everybody in this room would have made different editorial decisions one way or another."

Latest Zellner tweet

Avery's new attorney has been all over Twitter (and to a lesser extent Facebook), so here's her latest Tweet for those not following the feed closely:

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