KENOSHA, Wis.
Attorneys for Rittenhouse, who was 17 at the time of the shootings, have argued that he opened fire on the night of Aug.
The shootings claimed the lives of Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26.
Pages 2 through 3 focus on the self-defense and provocation instructions, while page 4 focuses on crimes requiring intent to kill.
At the start of proceedings Tuesday, the numbers of the jurors who have sat through testimony and arguments from the defense and the prosecution since Nov.
“There have been rare instances …
Original report: Twenty jurors were initially chosen to hear evidence in the case, including the 12 who will begin deliberations on Tuesday and eight alternates, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
Kenosha County Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger said that Rittenhouse, who lived in nearby Antioch, Illinois, was one of the “chaos tourists” who descended on the city after a police officer shot Blake during a domestic incident on Aug.
In his closing statements, defense attorney Mark Richards noted that Rittenhouse had family and friends in Kenosha and that he also worked in the area.
Binger argued that Rosenbaum had a big mouth and a “Napoleon complex,” but that he had done nothing worse on the night of Aug.
“If he were alive today … I’d probably try and prosecute him for arson.
The August 2020 shooting exposed bitter divisions nationwide over guns, protests and policing, The Associated Press reported.
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