Why the Kyle Rittenhouse 'not guilty' verdict is not a surprise to legal experts
Prosecutors had argued that Rittenhouse was responsible for the deadly peril that night. But legal experts said his claim of self-defense was strong from the beginning.
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Prosecutors had argued that Rittenhouse was responsible for the deadly peril that night. But legal experts said his claim of self-defense was strong from the beginning.
Prosecutors had argued that Rittenhouse was responsible for the deadly peril that night. But legal experts said his claim of self-defense was strong from the beginning.
>> reporter: couldn't that be said about kyle? >> it could be. he was asked to be there. he wanted to help the community. and, you know, that's the narrative that the state went with, he shouldn't have been there. he was asked to be there by nick and dominic and the condiri brothers wanted security. i'm not trying to blame anyone. i wish he had never been separated from ryan balch, and we wouldn't be here. >> reporter: does he regret coming here to kenosha? >> i don't believe he does. i mean, you know, if he had to do it all over again and you said the same thing is going to happen and your li...
0 a jury of his peers found kyle rittenhouse not guilty on all counts. rittenhouse collapsed in the kenosha, wisconsin courtroom as the final not guilty verdict was read. rittenhouse himself took the stand in his own defense, a risky move that approved successful for the defense. in and out conversation will turn to what's going to happen next. what affect will this case have on things like vigilanteism and self-defense arguments? not to mention what happens immediately in the city of kenosha. joining me from the courthouse in kenosha, wisconsin, nbc correspondent shaquille brewster. former fe...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorneys spent the first week of Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial sparring over who provoked whom, with prosecutors portraying the Illinois teenager as the aggressor and the