The judge in the Kyle Rittenhouse case is potentially considering lesser charges as the countdown for the final verdict begins, claim sources.
In addition to that, the attorney of Rittenhouse has gone on to claim how his client has PTSD, adding an interesting twist to the case, explained media reports.
During the early hours of Friday morning, the Judge for the high-profile homicide trial of teen shooter Kyle Ritterhouse reportedly met and held meetings with attorneys in relation to a conference that was based on the jury’s instructions.point 451 |
And that is where it has been revealed how presenting offenses of a lesser degree by Rittenhouse towards the jury could lower the chances for a second trial.point 130 | 1
At the same time, it was under discussion how that could potentially increase his risk of a conviction too.
Meanwhile, prosecutors have reportedly gone on to question the Judge in the Circuit County Court in Kenosha, Bruce Schroeder, about whether or not he had given the jury any instructions relating to lesser charges on Monday, right after the closing arguments between the prosecutor’s side and the side of the defense attorneys occurred.
The judge began to explain to Rittenhouse what exactly that meant.
“Any of the allegations that we talked about, which are potentially less serious crimes carry less potential of sentences.point 276 |
Therefore, if I allow those, then if the jury isn’t able to agree that you are guilty of the charged offense, then they will have the chance to consider whether or not you’re guilty of the less serious offenses.point 185 | They could return that as a verdict of another alternative, instead of returning a verdict that’s not guilty,” he added.point 298 | 1
Meanwhile, sources claim that throughout the conference on Friday, Judge Schroeder kept on indicating his position, adding how he would be including instructions for a number of lesser charges while telling attorneys how he plans to give his decision on Saturday.