Stanford Criminal Law Experts : the Kyle Rittenhouse Acquittal

Stanford Criminal Law Experts David Alan Sklansky and Robert Weisberg on the Kyle Rittenhouse Acquittal

https://law.stanford.edu/2021/11/19/stanford-criminal-law-experts-david-alan-sklansky-and-robert-weisberg-on-the-kyle-rittenhouse-aquittal/

 

On August 25, during protests about the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, seventeen-year old Kyle Rittenhouse, armed with a semiautomatic gun reportedly to help keep the peace, shot three protesters, killing two. He was charged with first-degree murder and other charges. On Friday, November 19, the jury acquitted Rittenhouse of all charges. Here, Stanford Law School criminal justice experts David Alan Sklansky and Bob Weisberg discuss the trial and case.