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What Happened in the Rittenhouse Case? An Extensive View on the Case
On November 20, Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted
On November 20, Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted by a 12-person jury on all five charges of shooting two people and hurting one.
On August 25 last year, 17-year-old Rittenhouse shot and killed two men in Kenosha, Wisconsin. A third was seriously injured.
It took the 12-member jury in the trial 3.5 days to reach a verdict.
He might have been sentenced to life in prison if proven guilty.
During the trial, the adolescent claimed that he defended himself and did nothing wrong. He would have been surrounded if the American judiciary hadn’t charged him with murder and manslaughter, among other things.
The prosecutor called Rittenhouse a fake soldier responsible for much more unrest. He took a rifle to the protest and pointed the weapon at protesters before he was arrested.
US President Joe Biden has responded to the ruling.
He says he is angry and concerned. “But we have to respect the jury’s verdict.”
Last summer, after a black man, Jacob Blake, was shot by a white officer, the streets of Kenosha were tumultuous for days. Blake made it out alive, although…
