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The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse: Weekly Recap — Conversation With Kenosha Criminal Defense Attorney Michael Cicchini

You can find a collection of media coverage of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial here. This season of Jury Duty explores the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. At the end of each week, host Kary Antholis is joined by an expert in the criminal justice field to help distill and further analyze what was heard in the trial. This week our guest is Michael Cicchini. Cicchini has been routinely recognized by his peers as one of Wisconsin’s best Criminal Defense Attorneys and in 2020 received the William M. Coffey Defender Award from the Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers  for “significant contributions...

The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse: Jury Instructions

You can find a collection of media coverage of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial here. This season of Jury Duty explores the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. In The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse: Jury Instructions, host Kary Antholis focuses on defense attorney Corey Chirafisi’s strategy and tactics in his voir dire questioning of prospective jurors. We will also offer an overview of Judge Schroeder’s initial instructions to the 20 impaneled jurors the following day.

The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse: Jury Selection

You can find a collection of media coverage of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial here. This season of Jury Duty explores the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. In The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse: Jury Selection, host Kary Antholis begins our examination of the Jury selection process for this trial, paying close attention to Judge Schroeder’s method and style of guiding that process, and Prosecutor Thomas Binger’s voir dire tactics and strategy as well.  

The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse: Admissible Evidence Hearing — Part 2

You can find a collection of media coverage of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial here. This season of Jury Duty explores the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. In The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse: Admissible Evidence Hearing — Part 2, host Kary Antholis we continue our examination of the October 25, 2021 hearing, which features Judge Schroeder’s controversial ruling to allow complaining witnesses, the men shot by Kyle Rittenhouse, to be referred to as “rioters,” “looters,” and “arsonists,” but not “victims.”  

The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse: Admissible Evidence Hearing — Part 1

You can find a collection of media coverage of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial here. This season of Jury Duty explores the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. In The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse: Admissible Evidence Hearing — Part 1, host Kary Antholis examines the first portion of an October 25, 2021 pretrial hearing. In this hearing, the prosecution seeks to prevent testimony from two potential defense witnesses—one a Kenosha Wisconsin Police Officer named Amanda Franco with a tenuous link to the August 25, 2020 shooting, and the other, a use-of-force expert named Dr. John Black. 

The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse: Weekly Recap — Conversations on Language, Bias, and Privilege with Abbe Smith

This season of Jury Duty explores the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, who was charged with the reckless homicide of Joseph Rosenbaum, the intentional homicide of Anthony Huber, and the attempted intentional homicide of Gaige Grosskreutz. As Rittenhouse was the undisputed shooter of all three men, Rittenhouse’s legal team argued that the shootings were in self-defense. You can find a collection of media coverage of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial here. At the end of each week, host Kary Antholis is joined by an expert in the criminal justice field to help distill and further analyze what was heard in the trial. This...