Kenosha Shooter Kyle Rittenhouse

[popeyespappy]

Convincing 12 people it was murder, especially if an 18 year old could have gotten away with it, is going to be an uphill battle for the prosecution though.

The prosecution almost always have a harder job that the defense (which is as it should be). A prosecutor has to convince twelve people, a defense attorney only had to cause one person to have a reasonable doubt.

Boru

True but you are missing part of the point. A 17 year old is only allowed to be in possession of a firearm in Wisconsin while accompanied by an adult. There are specific exceptions to this, but they don't apply here. Since Rittenhouse was committing another crime when he shot Rosenbaum he can't claim self defense under Wisconsin law. An 18 year old could though, and the defense is undoubtedly going to bring that up. Assuming this actually was a case of self defense that would put the jury in the precarious position of having to decide if the law is fair or not. i.e. Is it fair to send a 17 year old to prison for the rest of his life for something that would be OK for an 18 year old to do?

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If the one guy he killed was a child molester then that's cool.

If the other guy who he killed was attacking him first I hope he gets away with all this.

The judge may or may not let Rosenbaum's criminal history be discussed at the trial. No he won't let the defense tell the jury he was a pedo who deserved what he got. He might let them talk about a violent criminal history though if the defense was arguing Rosenbaum attacking Rittenhouse wasn't out of character.