Tony Franklins Other Shoe said:
wbt5845 said:
I know we have all bought into the Juror 54 scenario, but keep in mind that is still just a theory. A good one, but a theory.
What is certain is there is some sort of impasse. And I find it hard to fathom the impasse is anything other than a small number who want to convict KR of SOMETHING because they just don't like him, don't like what he did, etc.
Here's hoping the other jurors rise up against them today. Judge needs to force them to work tomorrow to start making it uncomfortable to accommodate the hold outs.
I'm with you. As plausible as the theory sounds, I'm still going with 10-2, 9-3, 8-4 range that want their pound of bicep flesh out of Kyle. At the 2 or 3 range, they just huddle together in their little cocoon pointing to Little Binger and Butterbean evidence and just won't budge off that. Taking the orders home, they are hoping to burrow in deeper.
Hung jury is a pseudo win for Kyle, because he will have to live through another trial of this crap. I don't think the DA is going to let it go.
I think the DA let's it go. You can't try a hail mary case twice. I looked, and even though it's a Democrat leaning county, they voted Trump in 2016 and 2020. I think a persecution instead of a prosecution of Kyle Rittenhouse might be a black eye for the DA with anyone on the fence, and the 2022 elections are expected to be a Republican landslide with low democratic turnout. I don't think he wants a local issue to galvanize Republican voters against him.
Even most of reddit thinks he's innocent, and that's coming from several subreddits including r\Wisconsin. I think only the truly hardcore liberals and antifa/blm types would want him tried again, and they're not enough to win an election.