Kyle Rittenhouse jury allowed to consider lesser charges in teen’s case
by Christy Gutowski and Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune
Nov 15, 2021
3 minutes
KENOSHA, Wis. —
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 the complex list of instructions the judge gave the panel as a road map for its deliberations.
Jurors began listening to lawyers’ lengthy closing arguments Monday in a polarizing case that has sparked fierce debate
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