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.
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Closing arguments have concluded in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse.
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