Rittenhouse is accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a protest over police brutality in Kenosha, last year.
WAS RITTENHOUSE FOUND NOT GUILTY TRIAL
25, 2020, as he testifies during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Wednesday, Nov. Kyle Rittenhouse points and names people in a photograph taken on the night of Aug.(Sean Krajacic/The Kenosha News via AP, Pool) Kyle Rittenhouse, left, listens to his attorney, Mark Richards, as he takes the stand during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Wednesday, Nov.Kyle Rittenhouse is sworn in before testifying in his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Wednesday, Nov.The jury came back with its verdict after close to 3 1/2 days of deliberation. Kyle Rittenhouse reacts as he was acquitted of all charges at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Friday, Nov.Kyle Rittenhouse is comfort by his lawyer as he was acquitted of all charges at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Friday, Nov.Prosecutors in turn tried to paint him as an inexperienced teenager who misrepresented his age and medical training to other armed civilians in his group on the night of the shootings. I defended myself,” sobbing on the stand so hard at one point that the judge called a break. In a gamble, Rittenhouse testified at his trial, saying: “I didn’t do anything wrong. After prosecutors conceded Rittenhouse’s rifle was not short-barreled, the judge threw out the charge. The defense argued that Wisconsin law has an exception related to the length of a weapon’s barrel. The two weeks of testimony ended as Judge Bruce Schroeder 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. The verdict came after a dramatic trial that saw the defense demand a mistrial over what they argued were out-of-bounds questions asked of Rittenhouse by the chief prosecutor. The case divided Americans over whether Rittenhouse was a patriot taking a stand against lawlessness or a vigilante.
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