Posted on 11/15/2021 8:26:06 AM PST by Eleutheria5
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The judge at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial on Monday dismissed a count of possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18, a misdemeanor that had appeared to be among the likeliest of the charges to net a conviction for prosecutors.
The judge then launched into 36 pages of legal instructions to the jury, explaining the charges and the laws of self-defense. After that, the two sides were expected to deliver closing arguments, the final word before the jury was to begin deliberations.
Rittenhouse, 18, killed two men and wounded a third in the summer of 2020 during a turbulent protest against racial injustice, in a case that has underscored bitter division in the U.S. over guns, protests and law and order.
He faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison if convicted of the most serious charge against him, first-degree intentional homicide.
The underage weapon charge was punishable by up to nine months in jail.
There is no dispute that Rittenhouse was 17 when he carried an AR-style semi-automatic rifle on the streets of Kenosha and used it.
But the defense argued that Wisconsin law had an exception that could be read to clear Rittenhouse. After prosecutors conceded on Monday that Rittenhouse’s rifle was not short-barreled, Judge Bruce Schroeder dismissed the charge.
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Democrats declare you guilty if you don’t let them riot and arson without consequences.
Riot (burning down businesses and setting fire to cop cars) = Turbulent protest against racial injustice,
Hey, they can burn the nearby city to the ground where I live. Heck, it it is infested with Liberals anyway.
Just don’t come to my neighborhood.
And an opportunity to get a new TV or Nike shoes. It is social justice after all.
Christmas is right around the corner, why buy gifts for the yutes when you can take them for free?
Gonna be interesting watching the butterballs with their Butterballs running out of the local stores too.
This was the one count I thought he would be convicted on. Looking better for Kyle!
Didn’t think of that. I get mine from a turkey farm down the road. Now that would be a sight!
Discussion of self defense instruction.
If self defense on charge is found should jury ignore lessor offenses.
prosecutor objects.
The judge made the only call he could make on this. The process of instructing a jury is about proving clear, unambiguous instructions about what is necessary for a conviction on each count. The lack of clarity in the statute itself made that an impossibility.
“Rittenhouse, 18, killed two men and wounded a third in the summer of 2020.”
He was 17 and defending himself.
What part or the truth did you lying scum bags miss?
Awesome, and correct. Good news is that if the jury acquits, the prosecution cannot appeal the instructions, or any other alleged error committed by the judge. That's the end of it.
“And an opportunity to get a new TV or Nike shoes. It is social justice after all.”
= Black Privilege!
“Mostly peaceful demonstrations coming soon, to a downtown near you.”
That’s because they are too stupid to realize the 2 that died were white. If they knew they’d yawn and go their way.
Total BS. Life was tough for my family. Democrats are idiots and I cringe whenever I hear the term White Privilege. It is racist in the worst way.
Don’t juries sometimes compromise by finding a defendant guilty of the lowest charge?
White dude is attacked by a serious of white scumbags and successfully defends himself.
That’s racist!
I guess I understand why machine guns are so hard to get, because there would be fewer but better democrats
The want to use their hypocritical motto “property is not worth a human life” to legalize the destruction and murder committed by BLM/Antifa rioters and make defense of property/life by the people they hate illegal.
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