![]() ![]() Richards said the decision to put Rittenhouse on the stand “wasn’t a close call.” ![]() But, as he said when he testified, he did not start this and we’re thankful in more ways than one that the jury finally got to hear the true story.” “He wishes none of this would have ever happened. “He has a huge sense of relief,” Richards told reporters. Rittenhouse attorney Mark Richards said outside court that his client was on his way home and “wants to get on with his life.” Things we’ve learned from the trial that challenge assumptions about the case Others seemed ill-at-ease, arms folded across their chests. Some jurors appeared fatigued as the verdicts were read – their hands on their chins or rubbing their eyes, according to a pool reporter. The judge praised the jurors, saying he “couldn’t have asked for a better jury.” ![]() Since the shootings on August 25, 2020, the case pitted Americans who saw Rittenhouse as an armed teen vigilante against those who viewed him as a citizen taking up arms to protect businesses from looters and rioters. The two sheets signed Friday involved the fatal shooting of Joseph Rosenbaum and the charge of reckless endangerment of a man who was near Rittenhouse during the shooting. Juror 54 signed the verdict sheet for that count Wednesday. The most severe charge Rittenhouse faced was a first-degree intentional homicide charge for the fatal shooting of Anthony Huber: count 4. Three verdict sheets were dated Wednesday and Thursday. ![]() Verdict sheets filed with the Kenosha County Clerk of the Circuit Court showed the presiding juror in the case signed the not guilty verdicts to the five charges on different dates. The jury asked two questions on Tuesday to get copies of the jury instructions. The 12-person jury, made up of five men and seven women, started deliberating on five felony charges Tuesday morning. Tony Evers, in a statement, called for peace on the streets and said the trial has “reopened wounds that have not yet fully healed.” These are the five charges the jury considered The panel of five men and seven women deliberated more than 25 hours over the past four days in a closely-watched case that polarized an already divided nation. Rittenhouse’s mother gasped after the final verdict was read, her head falling into her hands. (Sean Krajacic/The Kenosha News via AP, Pool) Sean Krajacic/The Kenosha News/Pool/AP The jurors selected through this process will not participate in deliberations. Kyle Rittenhouse pulls numbers of jurors out of a tumbler during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Tuesday, Nov. The documentary will air in December on the Fox Nation streaming service, Fox News said. We made it through the hard part.”Ĭarlson’s crew has been embedded with the teen throughout the trial and the Fox News host will interview Rittenhouse on his Monday show. “It’s been a rough journey, but we made it through it. And I believe they came to the correct verdict and I’m glad that everything went well. In a video promoting a Tucker Carlson Originals special on the case, Rittenhouse tells someone as he is apparently driven away from the courthouse: “The jury reached the correct verdict. He tried to hold back tears, then sobbed and appeared to collapse forward on the table, where his attorney embraced him. Rittenhouse, wearing a dark jacket with a burgundy tie and shirt, stood behind the defense table as each not guilty verdict was read. Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager who killed two people and shot another during unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was acquitted Friday of first-degree intentional homicide and four other felony charges. ![]()
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