After four days of deliberation, the jury in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse has delivered a verdict: Not guilty on all five counts.
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After four days of deliberation, the jury in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse has delivered a verdict: Not guilty on all five counts.
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Rittenhouse must be crapping his pants that it’s taking this long. Good.
No wonder it’s taking so long, it’s not like he murdered people on camera or something.
Still, it’s all good news for him. It means that the jury is not going to convict him on any of the more serious crimes, and that he has a good chance of walking scot free with a hung jury.
Interesting choice for a jury consultant.
Folklore among lawyers is that the longer it takes, the more likely the verdict is to favor the defense, but that doesn’t seem necessarily to be the case here at all. Also folklore among lawyers is that when it’s Friday, the jury would rather reach a verdict and get this over with and not ruin their weekend. If they declare they’re hopelessly deadlocked, the judge is unlikely to let them go without taking some more time to try to reach a verdict.