21.11.21

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/kyle-rittenhouse-acquittal-legal-experts-1.6256209

Kyle Rittenhouse's acquittal for shootings based on self-defence isn't surprising: legal experts | CBC News

Kyle Rittenhouse's acquittal for shootings based on self-defence isn't surprising: legal experts 

Teen was charged with homicide, attempted homicide, recklessly endangering safety for killing 2 men 

The acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse on all charges is not a surprise to some Wisconsin legal analysts who say the prosecution always faced a difficult challenge of arguing the teen did not fire his gun in self-defence. 

"I think the way in which self-defence is defined in the law in Wisconsin, this was going to be a difficult charge to prove," said John Gross, a law professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and director of the Public Defender Project. 

Gross said from the start of the trial he and his legal colleagues — both prosecutors and defence attorneys — observed that, "Unless the prosecution does something really remarkable here or shows us some evidence that we're unaware of, we just do not see this ending in a conviction." 

Rittenhouse, 18,  was charged with homicide, attempted homicide and recklessly endangering safety for killing two men — Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber — and wounding a third, Gaige Grosskreutz — with an AR-style semi-automatic rifle in the summer of 2020 during a tumultuous night of protests over the shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, by a white Kenosha police officer. 

 

 

 

 

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homicide : (an act of) murder 

recklessly : in a way that is dangerous and shows that you are not thingking about the risks and possible results of your behaviour 

acquittal : the decision of a court that someone is not guilty

prosecution : the act of prosecuting(to officially accuse someone of committing a crime in a law court) someone

attorney : a lawyer