Posted on 03/11/2021 12:51:59 AM PST by Enterprise
The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager accused of killing two people during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, over the summer, has been delayed until November 1. The trial was originally set to begin March 29.
In a virtual court hearing on Wednesday, prosecutors and Rittenhouse's attorney agreed to delay the start of the trial to give them more time to prepare.
"There are a number of outstanding issues with discovery, DNA testing and some other issues that need to be taken care of. There are also some logistics with regards to the eventual jury that need to be hammered out," said Kenosha County Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger.
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Prosecutors have nothing. They need more time to make something up.
They know they have no case and never will. Just waiting for this to get smaller and smaller ‘til it almost disappears.
justice delyed - sounds kike evrybody is milking a case that shouldn’t exist.
The old US Constitution guaranteed the right to a speedy trial, prohibited excessive bail (Eighth Amendment), and presumed innocence until guilt was proven. lt has been replaced by the “living constitution” where unaccountable judicial tyrants arbitrarily determine due process and meaning of the law in the moment. Sadly the executive and legislative branches of the federal government, plus the states, willingly acquiesced to this replacement of the old Constitution without public debate.
Kyle’s freedom has been taken from him indefinitely and his fate will be determined by judicial actors based on their view of fairness, not any standard of justice.
Each human being has a finite lifespan and the rights to due process, to a speedy trial, and to reasonable bond reflect the founder’s understanding that accused citizens should not be punished with loss of freedom due to capricious actions by corrupt or mean spirited judges designed to inflict punishment through delays and imprisonment prior to trial. If the courts had not released themselves from the responsibility to respect and uphold these rights, much of the expensive, time consuming and liberty destroying legal warfare employed by plaintiffs and corrupt prosecutors would not exist.
Why would Kyle’s attorneys agree to waive the right to speedy trial, thereby allowing their client to live without his freedom? Attorneys are loyal to themselves first and the system second. Clients come and go, everyday their livelihood depends on being in good standing within the system.
The US judicial system is not a place where justice is administered and anyone accused of a crime or defending a lawsuit is rolling the dice on their freedom, net worth, and future potential.
There are a lot of things to point at, and one huge hurdle, and it has been discussed by others, is that the prosecution cannot point to ONE SINGLE THING that Kyle did that was aggressive. Everything he did was defensive.
It's going to be tough to prove things like intent, malice, or even negligence. Good luck with all that!
The process IS the punishment.
Yes, it is. The prosecution has had ample time to investigate and gather evidence and get their witnesses ready for trial. If they're not ready in six months, the case needs to be dismissed with prejudice.
The right to a speedy trial has joined other constitutional principles stuffed down the rabbit hole by liberals.
Yeah. Seven months gives them more time to fabricate evidence and coerce testimony, as well as a chance to attempt to get the judge (who seems to be fair) off the case.
After the George Floyd acquittals there will be such rioting that Kenosha will no longer exist.
Billable hours.
“Billable hours.”
The legal profession is self regulating. Judges collaborate with attorneys to delay and drag out proceedings to increase billable hours to clients. Prosecutors abet this corruption since they will likely be in private practice someday. If a client has the temerity to file a complaint with the bar association about improper behavior, attorneys will privately hear the complaint. Attorneys are rarely disbarred in such proceedings, no matter how heinous the behavior. At most a private admonition which is never seen by the public.
The poor receive government paid legal aid. The rich can afford to spend hundreds of thousands defending themselves or pursuing others. The middle class lives with the potential of being bankrupted by any encounter in the judicial system. Lawyers run up the billable hours knowing they can’t be held accountable for wasting the client’s money.
The defense agreed to this delay. Personally, I think if BLM/Antifa continue to burn, loot and murder in democratic cities over this summer it will work in Kyle’s favor.
By then, the working class jury pool will be so sick of the BS and Cho Bi-den’s failing policies and the tanking economy and soaring fuel prices that the chances of having a jury hostile to the prosecution are much greater.
Unlike Officer Chauvin who’s trial has started and is likely to have a jury afraid to vote not guilty for fear of reprisals and rioting all through the summer if he’s found not guilty. Minneapolis is finished, the residents have capitulated to the mob.
It’s also true that the optics of the respective videos favor Rittenhouse far more than they do Chauvin.
“Why would Kyle’s attorneys agree to waive the right to speedy trial”?
Optics. Burn,Loot,Murder and Antifa are likely to be very active over the summer. Cho Bi-den’s policies are going to tank the economy, fuel prices are going up like a balloon.
By November, the working class jury pool in Kenosha might be quite hostile to the prosecution because they are tired of Woke BS.
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