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We, on the other hand, evidently have not learned our lesson. Excited to see what this thread brings!
Tremendous series of eff-ups by the prosecution let a killer go scot-free.
Kind of surprised on the not guilty of recklessly endangering safety.
All sorts of prosecution issues, so the verdict isn’t necessarily all that surprising. My beef is that a black or Hispanic teenager in the same circumstances would not have had the same outcome, and I base that on thirty years of criminal defense work.
I'd like to see your view point of that. From mine it seems that Rittenhouse truly was acting in self defense from every piece of video/witness accounts.
Oh, I absolutely didn't expect him to be found guilty of murder based on what we saw, but that doesn't mean he wasn't a killer. O.J. wasn't found guilty, either.
Oh, I absolutely didn't expect him to be found guilty of murder based on what we saw, but that doesn't mean he wasn't a killer. O.J. wasn't found guilty, either. There were charges for which he should have done jail time though IMHO. Instead, he's a vigilante hero, and others will be similarly emboldened.And this:Hell, a Black or Hispanic teenager probably would have been gunned down by the cops that night, instead of being given a big smile and a thumbs-up.
The more the trial went on, the clearer it became that he should be innocent on all charges.Facts and evidence > media pressure and intimidation The mods obviously don’t want discussion on this topic, so I will leave it at that. Time to get ready for the game tonight!
Drug deal gone bad is a very different scenario. I said a black teenager in Rittenhouse’s circumstances would not have walked; as pointed out, there is a good chance he would have been shot dead that night, as opposed to walking right past the cops.
There were many people who were made at the Hennepin County DA for not charging with Chauvin with First Degree murder but he was smart and went for a charge for which he could get a conviction - the DA did not here. BTW, it's not guilty, not "innocent."Overcharging may please the public, but it can demolish a case. While jurors can convict on “lesser included” offenses, the credibility of the prosecution is established by the lead charge. Jurors tend to start at the top and work their way down on the charges. If the first-degree charge is wildly out of reach, they are more likely to doubt the lesser charges, too.
There's no way to refute the outcome of a fake scenario. I was simply offering a somewhat similar parallel scenario to Rittenhouse to show that in real life other outcomes do happen. We just don't hear about them as often.