https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/27/us/kyle-rittenhouse-trial-victim-terminology/index.html
This is going to go very well for the defense
This is going to go very well for the defense
On Monday, a Wisconsin judge ruled that Kyle Rittenhouse's defense team will be allowed to refer to the teen's shooting victims as "rioters," "looters," or "arsonists" during the upcoming trial.
The lawyers will be allowed to use these terms so long as they provide evidence backing those claims,
The term "victim" is commonly banned during court trials across the country "because it implies that a crime was committed and could therefore prejudice a jury against a defendant."
Schroeder also noted that prosecutors are allowed to use equally as harsh language to refer to Rittenhouse, such as "cold-blooded killer," as they provide evidence to back up those terms.
they need to be called instigators and perpetrators for their attempted assaults on rittenhouse
your quote mine is inaccurate - likely intentional
If prosecutors can try to portray Rittenhouse as “a cold-blooded killer,” then his defense should be free to “call someone a rioter,” the judge said
He did not say they can call him a "cold blooded killer", only portray him as such - which is what the charges claim
they need to be called instigators and perpetrators for their attempted assaults on rittenhouse
And that will not work with the jury. It can be easily torn apart.
they need to be remembered as victims of a punk ass bitch gun nut who should not have had an assault weapon on his feeble ass in the first place. i hope he gets at least 50 years.
you do not speak for the jury in Wisconsin.
the point here is the judge appears sympathetic to the defense - which bodes well for the defense
Are you telling me that people in Wisconsin are dumb?
sadly, the jury will not know that one of the criminals shot dead is a scumbag pedophile
no, but I am implying you are
you do not speak for the jury in Wisconsin.
the point here is the judge appears sympathetic to the defense - which bodes well for the defense
Why would that matter? They are not supposed to sway the jury with emotions.
Remember you said that after he is sentenced to prison for murder