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Jurors spent four days and more than 24 hours weighing whether Rittenhouse acted in self-defense or was looking for a fight on the night of Aug. 25, 2020 Here's a look at the shooting victims.
Richards, the defense attorney, said before Rittenhouse shot Huber, the shooting victim “strikes him in the head” and is going for a “second lick,” adding Huber’s “other hand goes for ...
Ultimately, the focus on the victims' backgrounds aimed to prove Rittenhouse's actions defensible, and discredit an underlying belief by the political left: that the victims acted heroically ...
A remarkably political and unprofessional prosecution has confirmed that it is Rittenhouse, not those shot by him, who is the real victim of this unsavory saga. At the same time, Rittenhouse is no ...
Questioned by Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger, Lackowski, who was armed with an AR-15, a knife and CS canisters that night, said that Rittenhouse's first victim Joseph Rosenbaum asked ...
The judge said defense attorneys can use the rather judgmental terms during closing arguments if there’s evidence the victim-esque people on the receiving end of Rittenhouse’s bullets actually ...
Prosecutors in the criminal trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager who shot and killed two protesters last year in Kenosha, Wis., will not be able to refer to the people he shot as "victims," a ...
Legal experts said the term “victim” could appear prejudicial during self-defense cases. Mr. Rittenhouse shot three men, killing two, during protests against police violence in Kenosha ...
Kyle Rittenhouse’s lawyers can refer to the men he shot as “rioters” and “looters,” but prosecutors still may not call them “victims” at any time during the teen’s upcoming murder ...
Kenosha County Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder has a standard rule prohibiting use of the term "victim" until someone is convicted of a crime, and Schroeder said the people shot by Rittenhouse ...