Turley: Overcharing Might Cost Rittenhouse Prosecutors The Case

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By R. Cort Kirkwood (The New American)

Jurors will hear about five hours of closing arguments today in the homicide trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, then decide whether he acted in self-defense the night last year when he shot three criminals during the Blake Riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Video clearly shows that Rittenhouse shot the three in self-defense; all three had attacked or threatened him.

But prosecutors responding to public outrage, liberal law professor Jonathan Turley says, overcharged Rittenhouse and might well lose because of it.

Leftist media coverage and flat-out lies about Rittenhouse, including that he is a “racist” and “white supremacist,” largely created that outrage. Nonetheless, the state’s case is in danger.

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