KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The jury started deliberating Tuesday on the homicide trial of Kyle Rittenhouse after listening to dueling portrayals of him as a “wannabe soldier” who went searching for the difficulty, or a involved citizen who got here beneath assault whereas attempting to guard property.
The case went to the nameless, 12-member jury after Rittenhouse himself, in an uncommon transfer, was allowed by the decide to attract the slips of paper from a raffle drum that decided which of the 18 individuals who sat in judgment through the trial would resolve his destiny and which of them could be dismissed as alternates. That activity is often carried out by a courtroom clerk, not the defendant.