What may have seemed like an open-and-shut case has been anything but that as Kyle Rittenhouse's jurors have taken more than 24 hours to deliberate. Legal experts explain how lengthy jury deliberations bode for defendants.

Rejecting the idea that Rittenhouse feared for his life or had to act in self-defense, the prosecution walked through the various reckless decisions taken by the young gunman.  

News

On Wednesday, Kyle Rittenhouse took the witness stand, and some legal experts all appear to believe his testimony came off as genuine and ultimately worked in his favor. But others believe he appeared to have been coached. Many people believe the crying he did on the stand was fake.

Nation

Rittenhouse has pleaded not guilty to six charges from the fateful night, including first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree reckless homicide, and first-degree attempted intentional homicide.

Last week Rittenhouse’s lawyer Mark Richards said the young teenager could take the stand in his defense, allowing the 18-year-old some say into his mindset during the night of the deadly shootings.

The murder trials for Kyle Rittenhouse and the men who killed Ahmaud Arbery might not be happening if the white males involved didn't decide to take the law into their own hands in illegal attempts to dole out vigilante justice.

Crime

From the prosecution to the defense attorneys to the judge and everyone else involved with Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial, get familiar with this cast of characters.

The Judge in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial dismissed a juror on the third day of deliberation because they told a joke to the courtroom deputy about the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

The judge in Kyle Rittenhouse's upcoming murder trial ruled the people the teenager killed can't be called victims but can be referred to as "looters" or "rioters," suggesting he is biased and sympathetic to the accused Kenosha murderer.

Nation

Grosskreutz is one of three people shot by Rittenhouse and the only one to survive. Filed Thursday, the lawsuit targets the city of Kenosha, Kenosha County, the former chief of police, acting chief of police, and county sheriff. 

Health

John Pierce, a lawyer who once represented Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse and has been using his Twitter account as a hub for anti-vaccine nonsense, reportedly is gravely ill and on a ventilator because of COVID-19.

Kyle Rittenhouse was in court to learn his fate after prosecutors accused him of violating the terms of his bail.