Kyle Rittenhouse jury may be allowed to consider lesser charges in teen’s case

Kyle Rittenhouse insists he acted in self-defense when he shot three people, killing two, during a violent night of civil unrest in Kenosha last year.

“I didn’t do anything wrong,” he testified last week.

But whether a jury agrees with that statement and acquits the former Antioch resident of several serious crimes, including homicide, may hinge on a complex list of instructions the judge will give the panel as a road map for its deliberations.

Jurors also will hear lawyers’ lengthy closing arguments Monday in a polarizing case that has sparked fierce debate about gun rights and racial inequalities. In anticipation