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"On the stand, Kyle Rittenhouse begins to sob loudly as he describes how he was 'cornered' in a parking lot by Joseph Rosenbaum, the first man that he shot and killed." - Hallo friend WELCOME TO AMERICA, In the article you read this time with the title "On the stand, Kyle Rittenhouse begins to sob loudly as he describes how he was 'cornered' in a parking lot by Joseph Rosenbaum, the first man that he shot and killed.", we have prepared well for this article you read and download the information therein. hopefully fill posts Article AMERICA, Article CULTURAL, Article ECONOMIC, Article POLITICAL, Article SECURITY, Article SOCCER, Article SOCIAL, we write this you can understand. Well, happy reading.

Title : "On the stand, Kyle Rittenhouse begins to sob loudly as he describes how he was 'cornered' in a parking lot by Joseph Rosenbaum, the first man that he shot and killed."
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"On the stand, Kyle Rittenhouse begins to sob loudly as he describes how he was 'cornered' in a parking lot by Joseph Rosenbaum, the first man that he shot and killed."

"Wendy Rittenhouse, his mother, is crying from the gallery. The judge calls for a recess." 

 Writes Julie Bosman live-blogging the trial in the NYT.

EARLIER: At the same link, Mitch Smith analyzed whether it would be in Rittenhouse's interest to testify:

By taking the witness stand, Kyle Rittenhouse could look jurors in the eyes and try to convince them that he was scared for his life before he shot three men last summer in Kenosha, Wis. But doing so would also open himself up to a grilling by prosecutors, who are likely to accuse him of stirring up trouble and opening fire without reasonable fear that he would be killed or badly hurt.

He didn't merely look the jurors in the eye and try to convince them, he seemed to relive the experience and to be overtaken with trauma, crying in a way that could not be faked. It was very real and convincing that he is suffering. One might attempt to argue that he feels sorry for himself, and he was reliving the horrible moment his life went to hell, and the men he killed are not alive to cry and win our sympathy, but I think his show of emotion will impress at least one juror that he felt truly cornered. 

“Putting the defendant on the stand is always rolling the dice,” said Christopher Slobogin, the director of the Criminal Justice Program at Vanderbilt Law. “You never know for sure what’s going to influence the jury.”

Juliet Sorensen, a former federal prosecutor who now teaches law at Northwestern, said that a decision by Mr. Rittenhouse to testify could open new lines of questioning for prosecutors, including why he brought a weapon downtown and his associations with different groups.

“By the defendant climbing up there on the witness stand, he exposes his story and all of its vulnerabilities to be exploited — and possibly made hay of — on cross-examination,” Ms. Sorensen said.

Defendants claiming self-defense in other high-profile cases have taken differing approaches, with a mix of results.

George Zimmerman, who killed Trayvon Martin, an unarmed teenager, in Florida, did not testify at his 2013 trial and was acquitted. Jason Van Dyke, a former Chicago police officer, told jurors that he feared for his life when he shot Laquan McDonald while on duty in 2014; he was convicted of murder. And in Tulsa, Okla., Betty Jo Shelby, a police officer who fatally shot Terence Crutcher, an unarmed man, was acquitted after telling jurors in 2017 that she fired out of fear Mr. Crutcher might have a gun.

In Kenosha, Mr. Slobogin said Mr. Rittenhouse’s decision to testify may have come down to an assessment of whether he was likelier to connect with jurors or hurt his own case.

“If the person gets on the stand and is humble and is articulate and can express himself in a way that comes across as genuine, that’s a plus,” Mr. Slobogin said. “But a lot of time defendants will get on a stand and be defensive.”

"Wendy Rittenhouse, his mother, is crying from the gallery. The judge calls for a recess." 

 Writes Julie Bosman live-blogging the trial in the NYT.

EARLIER: At the same link, Mitch Smith analyzed whether it would be in Rittenhouse's interest to testify:

By taking the witness stand, Kyle Rittenhouse could look jurors in the eyes and try to convince them that he was scared for his life before he shot three men last summer in Kenosha, Wis. But doing so would also open himself up to a grilling by prosecutors, who are likely to accuse him of stirring up trouble and opening fire without reasonable fear that he would be killed or badly hurt.

He didn't merely look the jurors in the eye and try to convince them, he seemed to relive the experience and to be overtaken with trauma, crying in a way that could not be faked. It was very real and convincing that he is suffering. One might attempt to argue that he feels sorry for himself, and he was reliving the horrible moment his life went to hell, and the men he killed are not alive to cry and win our sympathy, but I think his show of emotion will impress at least one juror that he felt truly cornered. 

“Putting the defendant on the stand is always rolling the dice,” said Christopher Slobogin, the director of the Criminal Justice Program at Vanderbilt Law. “You never know for sure what’s going to influence the jury.”

Juliet Sorensen, a former federal prosecutor who now teaches law at Northwestern, said that a decision by Mr. Rittenhouse to testify could open new lines of questioning for prosecutors, including why he brought a weapon downtown and his associations with different groups.

“By the defendant climbing up there on the witness stand, he exposes his story and all of its vulnerabilities to be exploited — and possibly made hay of — on cross-examination,” Ms. Sorensen said.

Defendants claiming self-defense in other high-profile cases have taken differing approaches, with a mix of results.

George Zimmerman, who killed Trayvon Martin, an unarmed teenager, in Florida, 

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In Kenosha, Mr. Slobogin said Mr. Rittenhouse’s decision to testify may have come down to an assessment of whether he was likelier to connect with jurors or hurt his own case.

“If the person gets on the stand and is humble and is articulate and can express himself in a way that comes across as genuine, that’s a plus,” Mr. Slobogin said. “But a lot of time defendants will get on a stand and be defensive.”

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