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42. So ... the judge is now on the side of defense counsel?

Reply to consider_this (Reply #17)

Wed Nov 10, 2021, 05:19 PM

Nov 2021

It sounds like he's arguing the case.

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The moment Rittenhouse cracked. [View all] Baitball Blogger Nov 2021 OP

The "boy" should be tried and fried. lapfog_1 Nov 2021 #1

He is getting an incredible amount of help. Baitball Blogger Nov 2021 #3

How does that help the defendant? Alexander Of Assyria Nov 2021 #74

He was cracking. He misspoke and it Baitball Blogger Nov 2021 #109

I don't know that he should be "fried" whathehell Nov 2021 #41

Wisconsin hasn't had a death penalty xmas74 Nov 2021 #49

Yes. I'm from WI. We used to be the liberal progressive state. LakeArenal Nov 2021 #57

Born and raised xmas74 Nov 2021 #61

You might also want to share this with others. xmas74 Nov 2021 #71

Haha. Not the worst I've been called. LakeArenal Nov 2021 #77

I always liked him xmas74 Nov 2021 #81

Upstate NY .... paleotn Nov 2021 #93

I lived there... 2naSalit Nov 2021 #100

Don't forget Milwaukee's Socialist Mayors! NullTuples Nov 2021 #113

Don't forget Laverne and Shirley wnylib Nov 2021 #126

Have a Shotz's beer on me. KS Toronado Nov 2021 #139

That's good to know. whathehell Nov 2021 #59

We were once very civilized xmas74 Nov 2021 #62

Whatever. whathehell Nov 2021 #64

Way to dismiss the past xmas74 Nov 2021 #69

I apologize..I don't want to do that.. whathehell Nov 2021 #82

I'm no longer in WI xmas74 Nov 2021 #86

I live in Misery-Missouri Rebl2 Nov 2021 #96

Exactly xmas74 Nov 2021 #103

Thats too bad.. whathehell Nov 2021 #98

State government xmas74 Nov 2021 #104

Cool! whathehell Nov 2021 #105

Yeah but it's always the little guys that pay the biggest price. LakeArenal Nov 2021 #50

Huh? whathehell Nov 2021 #60

I don't think the poster meant that offensively toward you. nt BlackSkimmer Nov 2021 #66

Maybe he didn't whathehell Nov 2021 #83

Not fried. xmas74 Nov 2021 #52

oh, and now judge conveniently calls for a break... consider_this Nov 2021 #2

Yep. Baitball Blogger Nov 2021 #4

sounds like they are complaining about using pinch and zoom consider_this Nov 2021 #9

oh, maybe defense called for it...based on what they are saying now consider_this Nov 2021 #5

He really is stretching his protest. Baitball Blogger Nov 2021 #10

apple ipad has"logarithms" lapfog_1 Nov 2021 #7

I know. Afraid of a basic zoom, without altering the image. Baitball Blogger Nov 2021 #11

Basic zoom doesn't work that way Sympthsical Nov 2021 #16

none of the software available in the Ipad lapfog_1 Nov 2021 #20

They're arguing about the display Sympthsical Nov 2021 #40

having been in computers for all my life lapfog_1 Nov 2021 #129

Yeah, I wasn't entirely following it Sympthsical Nov 2021 #131

I own security cameras and my zooms don't alter anything. Baitball Blogger Nov 2021 #21

Lenses have nothing to do with an existing video Sympthsical Nov 2021 #36

Does this alteration you assert apply specifically to the Apple iPad as well? Torchlight Nov 2021 #34

That's what the expert is for Sympthsical Nov 2021 #38

Of course. Torchlight Nov 2021 #43

It seems like the judge is inclined to allow the video Sympthsical Nov 2021 #44

Stupid shit Logiciann Nov 2021 #45

Called Logiciann Nov 2021 #46

BINGO! That makes too much sense. But don't forget that the judge's and jury's eyesight erronis Nov 2021 #95

Later he wasn't getting it. Thinks there is software that changes the image. LiberalFighter Nov 2021 #28

Isn't that convenient? Baitball Blogger Nov 2021 #117

It was the logarithms MOMFUDSKI Nov 2021 #114

He called for a break, because the defense made a motion Sympthsical Nov 2021 #12

He's going to walk. The only positive being plenty of evidence for a retrial (in a different place) Runningdawg Nov 2021 #6

can't be tried for murder again. lapfog_1 Nov 2021 #8

I am certainly no lawyer but if there is new evidence Runningdawg Nov 2021 #26

atm it's somewhat likely that there may be a mistrial declared 'with prejudice' due to prosecutorial Celerity Nov 2021 #33

Sure hope the families can get this asshole civilly. BlackSkimmer Nov 2021 #48

+10000000000000000 Celerity Nov 2021 #55

Nope. sarisataka Nov 2021 #35

I guess the best we can hope for is that one juror has a soul. Runningdawg Nov 2021 #54

More likely one juror (or more) has an agenda. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Nov 2021 #136

This is going to turn into another example of white entitlement. Baitball Blogger Nov 2021 #13

What the good guy with a gun should have done while he had the chance and before he was shot Runningdawg Nov 2021 #22

Makes no sense to let anyone walk around with a rifle dangling from their neck at a protest. Hoyt Nov 2021 #24

Absolutely. 😡 ShazzieB Nov 2021 #90

+1 Baitball Blogger Nov 2021 #118

We have known this since the arrest. ananda Nov 2021 #89

Less a matter of being "white" than being Right Wing whathehell Nov 2021 #110

Unnnnn, looks like this video the DA has is about to bust KRs words wide open and the fuckin uponit7771 Nov 2021 #29

I think the judge and defense felt the prosecutor was getting traction, Baitball Blogger Nov 2021 #53

right, I don't believe for a second the judge believes zooming in on a picture alters it. He's ... uponit7771 Nov 2021 #58

The rethug poster boy is getting caught Beachnutt Nov 2021 #14

This judge is a mess Deuxcents Nov 2021 #15

How is the judge a mess? Alexander Of Assyria Nov 2021 #75

For one thing, he refused to allow those dead at the hands of Rittenhouse whathehell Nov 2021 #111

His phone rang during the trial. It was God bless the usa Baitball Blogger Nov 2021 #120

Thin. Alexander Of Assyria Nov 2021 #134

wow, now judge is proclaiming as if you can't quite trust the technology consider_this Nov 2021 #17

So ... the judge is now on the side of defense counsel? FakeNoose Nov 2021 #42

It's deevolving into nonsense. Baitball Blogger Nov 2021 #121

I knew he couldn't take it. marble falls Nov 2021 #18

That idiot judge has left room for appeals no matter what the jury returns with. marble falls Nov 2021 #19

THIS 100% Runningdawg Nov 2021 #27

THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 uponit7771 Nov 2021 #30

I don't think you can appeal a Mr.Bill Nov 2021 #56

Sure you can: bad bench rulings, defective jury instructions: all sorts of reasons. marble falls Nov 2021 #65

Can you cite an example of Mr.Bill Nov 2021 #78

Can you use a search engine? Can you cite a source that contradicts my claim? marble falls Nov 2021 #80

Sure. Mr.Bill Nov 2021 #85

This message was self-deleted by its author DiamondShark Nov 2021 #135

In the case of a Not Guilty verdict, there is nothing to appeal. ShazzieB Nov 2021 #88

That's called Double Jeopardy Zeitghost Nov 2021 #119

How? Alexander Of Assyria Nov 2021 #76

A not guilty has no appeals Sucha NastyWoman Nov 2021 #79

Oh yeah? .... marble falls Nov 2021 #84

Someone can be reindicted, but not on the same charge. Captain Stern Nov 2021 #138

The kid took a gun to a place where he knew he could murder people BlueIdaho Nov 2021 #23

RIGHT !!! That's exactly what the DA was going with and the video I think would've shown KR point uponit7771 Nov 2021 #31

Nonsense. PTWB Nov 2021 #25

Unnnnn, KR doesn't walk down streets all the time with a PGR slung on his shoulder though or the DA uponit7771 Nov 2021 #67

So a seatbelt is the same as a firearm. Do you ever drive over cliffs thinking it's ... marble falls Nov 2021 #68

The judge is suppose to be neutral . .. Lovie777 Nov 2021 #32

Is it not a solid argument? LiberatedUSA Nov 2021 #37

Having an illegal firearm that he didn't think he would use diverges from those examples. Gore1FL Nov 2021 #87

So what you are saying... LiberatedUSA Nov 2021 #92

I am pretty sure you can't claim self-defense while committing a crime. Gore1FL Nov 2021 #94

I think that applies to... LiberatedUSA Nov 2021 #101

It's not my stance. It's my understanding it's the stance of most state laws. Gore1FL Nov 2021 #112

So did anyone catch the judge's ringtone? Calista241 Nov 2021 #39

Yup. Baitball Blogger Nov 2021 #122

Kid's gonna get off. AngryOldDem Nov 2021 #47

The minute they put him on the stand it was over. Xolodno Nov 2021 #51

Supposedly his self defense plea xmas74 Nov 2021 #63

Imagine if he were a black man buying an Airsoft gun at walmart Orrex Nov 2021 #70

Outrage over his buying the gun seem non-existant. Baitball Blogger Nov 2021 #123

That's the mantra repeated ad infinitum on social media Orrex Nov 2021 #133

He didn't crack AverageOldGuy Nov 2021 #72

He has been coached well.... But he will slip up....judge is very prejudice ashredux Nov 2021 #99

The video of the shootings is being shown Johnny2X2X Nov 2021 #73

Please explain. Goodheart Nov 2021 #97

Yes, please explain. Baitball Blogger Nov 2021 #124

Says people were yelling "get him" Johnny2X2X Nov 2021 #125

That's why the defense and Judge tried to disallow the video. Baitball Blogger Nov 2021 #127

Rittenhouse belonged to a militia. SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2021 #91

+100000000 Heartstrings Nov 2021 #116

... MustLoveBeagles Nov 2021 #132

The "boy" and his buds wanted to take lives. And they did. Evolve Dammit Nov 2021 #102

"The boy" killed 2 people and nearly a third. He should be locked up for the safety of society. onecaliberal Nov 2021 #106

"Cracked." Efilroft Sul Nov 2021 #107

An object lesson in why lawyers typically hate putting clients on the stand. BobTheSubgenius Nov 2021 #108

Rittenhouse will walk left-of-center2012 Nov 2021 #115

Sadly yes MustLoveBeagles Nov 2021 #128

as a minor, maybe he should have brought his mommy for protection. uncle ray Nov 2021 #130

If that was a real contradiction, self defense... LiberatedUSA Nov 2021 #137

colicky Qutzupalotl Nov 2021 #140

I guess it paid off though. fescuerescue Nov 2021 #141

Yup. The Rittenhouse case suggests one thing: Baitball Blogger Nov 2021 #142