A jury of 12 people will begin a second day of deliberations Wednesday morning in Kyle Rittenhouse's homicide trial for the fatal shooting of two people and wounding of another during last year's unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
The jury, made up of five men and seven women, began deliberating on five felony charges Tuesday morning. They have asked two questions of the court, both to get extra copies of the case's 36-page jury instructions.The deliberations come after a two-week trial highlighted by emotional and compelling testimony from Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old at the center of debates around self-defense, gun ownership and Black Lives Matter demonstrations.
Kyle Rittenhouse breaks down on stand during trial 03:20Prosecutors called 22 witnesses over the course of six days as they sought to show Rittenhouse acted recklessly that night and provoked Rosenbaum by pointing the rifle at him, setting off the ensuing series of events."That is what provokes this entire incident," prosecutor Thomas Binger said in closing arguments."When the defendant provokes this incident, he loses the right to self-defense.
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