Kyle Rittenhouse Trial

[Belsnickel]

(11-19-2021, 03:36 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: I actually thought it'd be a hung jury because of how long it took them. Who held out for 3 days only to fold at the end?

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I was thinking the same to be honest. But to put you in the mind of someone making a decision like this, I'll describe what goes on when we deliberate in a Title IX case. I just had one on Wednesday and it came out, like most of them, where we found the responding party not responsible for violating policy. We still took several hours walking through the evidence and testimony before getting there, and it's because all of us felt that he was responsible (in fact, he admitted to sexual assault during the hearing but because of policies we couldn't find him responsible for that instance), but we wanted to go through the evidence to verify that we didn't have enough to say he was responsible.

When you have to think about finding someone guilty of something like this, you have to understand that you must rely on the evidence and the testimony. Your gut can't be the determining factor. I have let so many people go off scot-free while knowing in my gut that they were guilty, and it's because the evidence wasn't there. So during these three days, there were likely jurors thinking like that. It's why they asked for these videos. I deal with a preponderance level, but for them with the beyond a reasonable doubt hurdle they really had to work at it. I guarantee that there are jurors on that panel that do not feel good about their decision because their gut says Rittenhouse should be in prison, but the evidence just wasn't there, and they spent that time making sure it wasn't so they could feel better about their decision.