How hard do you think the Kenosha DA was going to work to get Kyle convicted...

After refusing to even charge the officer who shot Blake 7 times at point blank range, in the back? The officer was clearly not in any danger while, one could argue, Rittenhouse certainly was. Of course, Rittenhouse brought his own danger with him but the state seemed to want to overlook that. Was there even a question about how Rittenhouse would have a gun with him. If I want to avoid background checks, do I simply have a friend buy a gun for me? Was there one question about who gets to ignore a curfew and who doesn't?

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How hard do you think the Kenosha DA was going to work to get Kyle convicted... (Original post)	rgbecker	Nov 2021	OP
I think the DA knew he couldn't win with the evidence given and sacrificed his assistants. nt	Decoy of Fenris	Nov 2021	#1
There is no value in adding a curfew violation to a murder trial	MichMan	Nov 2021	#2
He tried hard. He just wasn't very good.	Tomconroy	Nov 2021	#3
He sabotagued it when he brought up Kyle's silence.	5X	Nov 2021	#4

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Sat Nov 20, 2021, 10:05 AM

Decoy of Fenris (1,954 posts)

1. I think the DA knew he couldn't win with the evidence given and sacrificed his assistants. nt

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Sat Nov 20, 2021, 10:11 AM

MichMan (7,224 posts)

2. There is no value in adding a curfew violation to a murder trial

The penalty for breaking it is so minor that it wouldn't have done anything other than waste time and distract or annoy the jury.

For that matter, they could have also charged him with jaywalking or stepping on a crack as well, I suppose.

The DA just didn't have a good case and likely overcharged. They clearly made statements in opening arguments that their own evidence even showed were not true. Perhaps there considerable political pressure behind the charges, I don't know.

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Sat Nov 20, 2021, 10:30 AM

Tomconroy (5,787 posts)

3. He tried hard. He just wasn't very good.

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Sat Nov 20, 2021, 10:37 AM

5X (3,971 posts)

4. He sabotagued it when he brought up Kyle's silence.

He would have lost on appeal if he had got convictions.

You can't bring up 5th amendment usage.

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