Kyle Rittenhouse Trial

[Dill]

(11-15-2021, 08:17 PM)GMDino Wrote: I'm sure there are those who will say if the judge doesn't understand THIS then can we trust him with the rest of the trial.

Those people are probably wrong unless we see a whole BUNCH of stuff this judge doesn't understand.

As usual I will let people smarter than me explain:

And, I'm repeating myself but this probably hens more than we will ever know because most trials are not televised.  And since this is a hot topic people will apply their own biases to everything they see and hear.

LOL "I like that"!

One issue I would raise about these confusion during jury instruction is that it is likely to bias the jury towards the defense. If they are unclear about the law and how they are supposed to respond to it, that could increase their willingness NOT to convict in unclarity. And it looks like one charge was taken off the table right at the last moment. 

I've actually been surprised at numerous points during the trial when judge, prosecutors, and defense have appeared not to know something I expected them to know.