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In reply to the discussion: The Rittenhouse verdict should not have been a surprise [View all]Decoy of Fenris
(1,954 posts)The writing's been on the wall for weeks. The Prosecutors overcharged, brought wrong charges, didn't examine even their own evidence (Forensics) that supported the Defense, brought in witnesses that flat-out cemented the Defense's "Self Defense" claim, submitted video evidence that exonerated the Defense, and that's not even bringing up the host of procedural fuckups (Looking at the Fifth Amendment bits) or the grossly ineffectual efforts to blame violent videogames or suggesting that Rittenhouse should have just get himself get hit because "Everyone takes a beating sometimes, right?"
And all that shit's completely disregarding anything the judge did. The Prosecution was handed an unwinnable case; even the Judge knew it. He could have dismissed with prejudice, but why bother when the Prosecution was the Defense's best case and evidence for a surefire not-guilty plea?
People who thought that there would be any result other than "Not Guilty" weren't following the case -at all-. This has been kind of an understood thing elsewhere on the internet, including Law forums, pretty much since the trial began and only got more obvious as time went on.