Rittenhouse Jurors Head Home for Second Night With No Verdict
The New York Times
Kyle Rittenhouse’s defense team sought a mistrial on Wednesday, its second such request. The judge has yet to rule on either.
KENOSHA, Wis. — Jurors in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial deliberated through a second full day on Wednesday, an indication that they might be struggling with the complexities of their task to consider Mr. Rittenhouse’s culpability in the five criminal counts he faces.
Mr. Rittenhouse, 18, is on trial for first-degree intentional homicide and other charges after fatally shooting two men and maiming another during civil unrest in Kenosha, Wis., in August 2020.
The deliberations on Wednesday were punctuated by a second call for a mistrial by Mr. Rittenhouse’s lawyers, who argued that prosecutors had before the trial provided them with a lower-quality version of a drone video that depicts the fatal shooting of Joseph Rosenbaum, the first man Mr. Rittenhouse shot. During two weeks of testimony, jurors saw the higher-quality version of the video.
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