Following a full day of deliberations Tuesday, the jury in the Kyle Rittenhouse case will reconvene this morning and head back into discussions. The jury was mostly quiet on the first day, sending just two notes to the judge throughout the course of the day, asking for extra copies of instructions.
He’ll be acquitted. That’s just the country we live in. Sigh!
Live coverage of what, exactly?
Jury deliberations are secret.
The down side of acquittal is it gives the green light to armed and dangerous MAGA’s who want to kill too.
But also going to paint a big target on anyone dumb enough to roll strapped with an AR going forward.
Well, yesterday was pizza day.
Last week was Asian, laughingly described by the totally-not-racist and impartial judge as “I hope it’s not on a shipping container in LA”.
I was assured that this case was an open and shut acquittal, but maybe the jury is just talking its time deciding whether to do the death penalty against the prosecutors and declare Kyle to be God-Emperor of Kenosha in his malicious prosecution countersuit.
and declare Kyle to be God-Emperor of Kenosha in his malicious prosecution countersuit.
Free Kyle!
Free Kyle!
Free Kyle!
Let’s Go, Brandon!
I don’t understand the common idea that this is going to lead to acquittal. Sure, the judge stacked the deck, but the jurors know the basic information as well as news coverage before they were selected. Wisconsin is not uniformly far-right. Everyone I know thinks this guy is guilty as hell. I know that is not representative, but it seems like if you pick 12 Wisconsinites, even with a thumb on the scale, you’re going to get a few who agree with me on this.
I suspect we will get a hung jury or a conviction on a lesser charge. Perhaps the hung jury ends up as an effective acquittal, but I doubt we get an outright acquittal.
Sure, America can suck, but usually not unanimously.
Don’t forget drafting the love letter to the Judge to describe what a wonderful trial he ran. You can’t rush such things.
after watching that JUDGE… no way will this pretty white boy be convicted.
Sigh…
Which is exactly why Libtardia needs to stop grabbing smelling salts, live and laugh a little, and embrace it.
Biden passed the BIF?
Let’s Go, Brandon!
Biden passes the BBB?
Let’s Go, Brandon!
Insults only work when you let them work, we collectively have the power to steal the line right back.
Fuck Steve Ban-non
Naw, you go first.
I don’t know. His conviction has greater optics for the fascists who will rally around him promising pardons (they can’t deliver) if elected.
Shooting scary unarmed protesters may be a secret fantasy, but you can’t run on it the way you can fundraising off of a child taken political prisoner by the commies…
<grabs chainsaw>
I see what you did there…
The judge was mostly fine, if you actually understand the legal questions he was being asked to rule on. Applauding the defense expert for being a veteran was over the line, and the “victims” thing is just stupid. Other than that, I can’t think of anything he did or said that wasn’t well within the law and the bounds of his authority. People need to chill about the damn judge.
ETA: Oh, and he screwed up his statutory interpretation on the minor-in-possession firearm charge, though not in a wholly indefensible manner. But NBD, it’s an inconsequential misdemeanor.