Rittenhouse trial: Jury returns for third day of deliberations

Jurors successful the proceedings of Kyle Rittenhouse volition instrumentality to the courthouse successful Kenosha, Wisconsin, connected Thursday to statesman the 3rd time of deliberations.

Rittenhouse, 18, faces execution charges successful transportation with a bid of August 2020 shootings during anti-police brutality demonstrations that near 2 protesters dormant and a 3rd protester injured.

On Wednesday, jurors worked for the full time without delivering a verdict. Jurors asked the tribunal if they could re-watch the videos presented during the trial, a petition Judge Bruce Schroeder granted.

Later, defence lawyers motioned for the justice to state a mistrial successful the case, claiming the copies of the videos they received from the prosecution were inferior successful quality. Prosecutors countered by noting that they gave the defence the highest-quality video clips disposable and that the clips were played during the proceedings without objection.

The defence question asked the justice to state a mistrial with prejudice, meaning that prosecutors would beryllium incapable to effort Rittenhouse again if the question was granted. Schroeder did not instantly regularisation connected the request.

It marked the 2nd clip successful arsenic galore weeks that Rittenhouse's lawyers had petitioned the tribunal for a mistrial with prejudice. Last week, with Rittenhouse taking the basal successful his ain defense, lawyers took contented with a prosecutor's enactment of questioning and asked for a mistrial. Schroeder besides did not contented a ruling successful that instance.

Rittenhouse was 17 erstwhile helium traveled from his location successful adjacent Antioch, Illinois, to Kenosha arsenic protests gripped the metropolis pursuing the constabulary shooting of Jacob Blake. Rittenhouse and others equipped themselves to support section businesses from looters and vandals.

Amid demonstrations connected Aug. 25, Rittenhouse changeable 3 protesters, sidesplitting 2 of them. Police allowed him to permission the scene, but helium aboriginal turned himself successful to authorities.

Throughout the trial, the prosecution has tried to overgarment Rittenhouse arsenic the aggressor successful an effort to nullify his claims of self-defense.

The defence argued the opposite, saying Rittenhouse felt his beingness was successful jeopardy.

Rittenhouse faces charges of first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree reckless homicide, attempted first-degree intentional homicide, 2 counts of first-degree recklessly endangering information and nonaccomplishment to comply with an exigency order. He faces beingness successful situation if convicted of the intentional homicide count.

Deliberations successful the Rittenhouse proceedings volition resume Thursday astatine 9 a.m. section time.