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All the idiots from Twitter University are coming out of the woodwork ont he #KyleRittennhouse case. My feed is filled with morons talking about "mistrial with prejudice" who have clearly no clue what that means or when it is applied. I really need to stay the fuck away from Twitter.
@freemo I cant believe some people think he is a hero and on the other side to think that when getting drop kicked and have a gun pointed at him wouldnt provoke him to shoot. I feel sad for him cause he probably did go out with vigilante justice in his mind but is just a child in this crazy world and so are all the other nut cases.
@twotwenty I mean, he objectively is a hero considering who he shot. And in self-defense at that.
binger has basically failed to provide any evidence for this though. their closing rebuttal amounts to corncob literally saying "people take a beating sometimes."
@twotwenty @freemo
@icedquinn This case will not be decided on the facts but on the politics of the jurors.
I think some jurors will be considering the facts but there will be enough jurors who stand on politics and stand a good chance of leading to a mistrial.
they went in to the case getting to argue to a jury the mockingbird approved "see he brought this gun just to shoot people" story and .. they're not longer allowed to do any of that.
@NEETzsche @twotwenty
To be fair the prosecution was so over the top that the judge slapped him down to size and threatened a mistrial with prejudice. So even the judge thinks the prosecution is playing games.
@freemo >threatened
But didn’t issue. And I’m not familiar enough with Wisconsin’s laws to know if he can still offer a mistrial with prejudice in response to a hung jury. Or if that motion is still floating. Or what.
There’s a good possibility it’s too late. State laws all being vastly different make these questions murky.
Actually he didnt issue it or dismiss it. He said he would hold his judgement of if it is a mistrial with prejudice until the end of the trial. So he still has not decided on that motion.
Yea I cant speak to when his authority to rule on that motion will end. I am just repeating what he said in court really.
@freemo That depends on what “the end of the trial” means in his mind, and in the law. For example, if the trial ends as deliberations begins, too late. If the trial ends after a verdict is rendered, or after other parts like sentencing, etc… well.
Like I said, it’s murkier than I think you’re letting on.
@icedquinn @twotwenty