{"id":20372,"date":"2021-11-11T03:17:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T08:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=20372"},"modified":"2021-11-11T03:20:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T08:20:38","slug":"kyle-rittenhouse-us-teen-gunmans-lawyers-seek-mistrial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/11\/11\/kyle-rittenhouse-us-teen-gunmans-lawyers-seek-mistrial\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Rittenhouse: US teen gunman’s lawyers seek mistrial"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lawyers for a teenager charged with shooting three people amid civil unrest in Wisconsin last year have called for a mistrial.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Kyle Rittenhouse’s defence asked that the case be dismissed after the judge angrily rebuked prosecutors for airing apparently inadmissible evidence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Rittenhouse, 18, sobbed earlier in court as he took the stand.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He testified that he killed two men and injured a third on 25 August 2020 on the streets of Kenosha in self-defence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Rittenhouse is facing counts of reckless, intentional and attempted homicide after he fatally shot Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz, 28.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Riots erupted on the streets of the city two days earlier after police shot a black man, Jacob Blake. Mr Rittenhouse travelled to the city from his home in Illinois and, with a semi-automatic rifle in tow, he said he sought to help protect property from unrest on the streets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Why was there a mistrial motion?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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On Wednesday, day seven of the trial, lead prosecutor Thomas Binger and Judge Bruce Schroeder loudly quarrelled in court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Binger’s line of questioning incurred furious reprimands from Judge Schroeder, who accused him of violating pre-trial rulings on introducing evidence not relevant to the trial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“You’re an experienced trial lawyer,” shouted the judge. “I don’t know what you’re up to.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The judge added: “When you say you were acting in good faith, I don’t believe you.”<\/p>\n

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Defence attorneys argued there had been “prosecutorial overreaching”, and called for a mistrial with prejudice, which would mean Mr Rittenhouse could not be retried.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Judge Schroeder did not rule on the motion on Wednesday, but agreed to take it “under advisement” based on the future behaviour of the prosecution team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Lead defence attorney Corey Chirafasi even suggested that prosecutors may have been angling for a mistrial because the case was “going badly” for them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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What did Rittenhouse say about the shootings?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Taking the stand in a risky legal move for any defendant in a murder trial, Mr Rittenhouse said: “I didn’t do anything wrong. I defended myself.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He said he was walking towards a used-car dealer’s forecourt with a fire extinguisher to put out a fire when he heard somebody scream: “Burn in hell!”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Video evidence shows the gun-toting teen shouting out “friendly, friendly, friendly” to the crowd.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He said he heard people shouting “get him” and began running.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The person that attacked me first threatened to kill me,” he said of Mr Rosenbaum, the first person he shot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He told the jury he believed Mr Rosenbaum was carrying a chain with him at one point, though he later learned it was a plastic bag.<\/p>\n

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The judge called for a break after Mr Rittenhouse burst into tears as he began to describe to the jury the moments before the fatal shootings. His mother was also seen sobbing in the gallery.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Upon his return to the stand, the teen said he had nowhere to run at the time, later adding: “I didn’t intend to kill. I intended to stop the person who was trying to kill me and trying to steal my gun.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Video from the scene shows the teenager fall to the ground as he is chased. Mr Rittenhouse said he feared for his life as several men converged upon him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The defendant said he shot and killed Mr Rosenbaum after Mr Rosenbaum laid a hand on his rifle.<\/p>\n

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Mr Rittenhouse told the court that Mr Huber, the second person he shot, hit him with his skateboard and also tried to grab his rifle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He also said Mr Grosskreutz, the man he wounded in the arm, had approached him with a pistol pointed at his head.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Grosskreutz testified this week he thought Mr Rittenhouse was an “active shooter” when he drew his own gun and advanced on him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Prosecutors argued that Mr Rittenhouse was a vigilante who wanted to kill everyone he shot that evening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In a sharp cross-examination, prosecutor Thomas Binger contested the teen’s right to possess a rifle and sought to cast doubt on the extent of his medical training.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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