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And he acted under the law of self-defense.Ĭopyright © 2021 NPR. And my client had to deal with him that night alone.ĬORLEY: And Richards said that there were numerous times that Kyle Rittenhouse did not shoot his weapon and didn't do so until he was attacked numerous times. . He was indeed a threat to Kyle Rittenhouse and had said during that night that he would kill Kyle Rittenhouse. And he said that Joseph Rosenbaum was not being mischaracterized. How is the defense making its case now as the whole trial's coming to a close?ĬORLEY: Well, defense attorney Mark Richards - he really blasted the prosecution, saying this case was not a game, that his client's life was at stake. The defense did make the decision to put Rittenhouse on the stand during the trial. THOMAS BINGER: They have to convince you that Joseph Rosenbaum was going to take that gun and use it on the defendant because they know you can't claim self-defense against an unarmed man like this.ĬORLEY: And especially, he said, when it was Rittenhouse who brought the gun.ĬHANG: Well, let's turn to the defense's case. He said that the Rittenhouse attorneys mischaracterized Rosenbaum and also what happened. Binger talked about the encounter that Kyle Rittenhouse had with the first man he shot and killed, 36-year-old Joseph Rosenbaum. He showed jurors the assault rifle that Rittenhouse used, and he talked about who should have been seen as a threat during the night. He used PowerPoint to go step by step over what had happened that night. So the prosecutor, Thomas Binger, played video of those shootings. There was lots of video of the protests and the shooting. Can you just talk about what is the prosecution's central argument?ĬORLEY: Well, they really tried to portray Kyle Rittenhouse as the aggressor, who was the reason why there was bloodshed. Well, as always, the burden of proof here is on the prosecution. Prosecutors asked and the judge agreed to let the jury consider those several lesser charges if they acquit him on the original counts.ĬHANG: OK. But he also now faces less serious charges. He does face five counts of intentional attempted homicide, reckless homicide - charges that could bring him life in prison. And it was during that third day of the protests that Kyle Rittenhouse shot those people. But the really chaotic night where the shootings occurred stemmed from protests over the wounding of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was paralyzed in a police shooting a few days earlier. But let me backtrack just a little bit because all the men involved in this case are white. Am I correct?ĬORLEY: Well, five counts and also a little bit more. OK, but Rittenhouse still faces very serious charges - five in total. And prosecutors disagreed with the judge's interpretation, but they did concede that that was not a short-barreled rifle. So Judge Bruce Schroeder said the law was poorly written, but the size of the rifle that Rittenhouse carried meant that he didn't violate the law. But Rittenhouse's attorneys said there was an exception in Wisconsin law that allows 17-year-olds to openly carry firearms if they are not short-barreled rifles. Now, Rittenhouse was only 17 when he shot those three men in Kenosha. It was specifically for possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under the age of 18. Well, it was a misdemeanor and the charge that was seen as really the most likely for a conviction for Kyle Rittenhouse. What was the charge? And what was the reasoning?ĬORLEY: Yeah. I understand the judge dismissed one of the charges against Rittenhouse. NPR's Cheryl Corley has been following this case and joins us now.ĬHANG: All right, so I want to ask you first about something that happened before closing arguments even began today. The 18-year-old is charged with shooting three men, killing two and wounding another during protests in Kenosha, Wis., last year. The case is now in the hands of the jury.
Closing arguments have concluded in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse.