A Wisconsin jury spent two weeks listening to dozens of witnesses and poring over visual evidence during Kyle Rittenhouse's homicide trial.
These details about the case made headlines, but were not deemed appropriate for the jury to consider. 👇
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Rittenhouse, now 18, is charged with fatally shooting Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, as well as injuring Gaige Grosskreutz, amid civil unrest in Kenosha in August 2020.
He pleaded not guilty to all charges, testifying he acted in self-defense.
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Judges in criminal trials tightly control what juries hear, barring anything they deem irrelevant, unfair, or misleading.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys spend a great deal of time arguing why certain details should be included or excluded at trial.
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Unflattering videos of Rittenhouse won't be considered by the jury.
Prosecutors wanted to present two videos taken of Rittenhouse in the weeks leading up to the shooting, arguing they provided "crucial insight" into his state of mind in summer 2020.
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Prosecutors argued at the time that the CVS video showed Rittenhouse "fervently sought to insert himself as an armed vigilante into situations that had nothing to do with him."
Kenosha County Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder disagreed in both instances.
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The criminal records of Rosenbaum, Huber, and Grosskreutz also won't be considered.
All three men shot by Rittenhouse had criminal records, though the jury remained unaware of most of them throughout the trial.
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Prosecutors wanted to show photos of Rittenhouse posing with Proud Boys members in a pub after he was released on bond.
Schroeder sided with the defense and said the interaction had nothing to do with Rittenhouse's actions during the Kenosha shootings.
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Rosenbaum's psychiatric care in the days before the shooting will also not be considered.
Hours before the Kenosha shootings, Rosenbaum was released from a hospital where he had been under care following a suicide attempt.
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Rittenhouse's attorneys sought to portray Rosenbaum as unstable and violent in the hours and minutes leading up to the shootings.
Schroeder did not allow the defense to ask about why Rosenbaum had been hospitalized in front of the jury.
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Rittenhouse's defense attorneys called upon a use-of-force expert, John Black, to testify about his analysis of the shootings, but the jury won't consider his testimony about whether Rittenhouse reasonably feared for his life.
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Read about all six details Kyle Rittenhouse's jury won't consider as they deliberate his fate. 👇
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