deliberations i ve ever been a part of. i ve had 18-hour, 17-hour, one was a federal, one was a state case. it was torture. and this might sound like a small thing, but the judge wanted us to be within ten minutes. obviously my office isn t within ten minutes, so we had to sit in that room on the third floor, it was hell. reporter: the decision to put kyle on the stand, was that a close call for you? you want the truth? i had to put him on. it wasn t a close call. at certain points we wondered whether we would put him on. we did we had a mock jury, and we did two different juries, one with him testifying, one without him testifying. it was substantially better when he testified. i mean, to a marked degree. and that sealed it. but in wisconsin if you don t put a client on the stand,
exactly he said. but you just watched their interactions throughout all of this. even yesterday at one point, we saw the lead defendant, the lead defense attorney there, mark richards, come into the courthouse, and when people asked if he had been summoned or anything like that, he said he was stressed and bored to she came to see what was going on. this has been a tense situation for them, obviously, the rittenhouse family pleased with the verdict today. but one thing that was really interesting that he talked about was the decision he made to put kyle rittenhouse on the stand. that was a huge moment in this case and it was something that everyone was in the courtroom, jury, they were all paying so very close attention to that right there. and he said that for them, that was a no-brainer. he said he felt they had no choice but to do that. he said they had actually done some practice rounds with a mock jury to see the reaction and how they received him testifying. and that s part of wh
0 a jury of his peers found kyle rittenhouse not guilty on all counts. rittenhouse collapsed in the kenosha, wisconsin courtroom as the final not guilty verdict was read. rittenhouse himself took the stand in his own defense, a risky move that approved successful for the defense. in and out conversation will turn to what s going to happen next. what affect will this case have on things like vigilanteism and self-defense arguments? not to mention what happens immediately in the city of kenosha. joining me from the courthouse in kenosha, wisconsin, nbc correspondent shaquille brewster. former federal prosecutor paul butler. nbc legal analyst danny cevallos. and former assistant district attorney in milwaukee county, julius kim. shaq, what is it like in kenosha right now? katy, when that verdict was read we saw a large group of people on the courthouse steps. this was something highly anticipated especially as the jury got into day four of deliberations. but then someone came out of the
0 18-year-old man. and we ve also seen protesters. but not a lot. a number of people who are there with signs, who were perhaps hoping for a different outcome here. but the jurors, they looked at the law, they looked at jury instructions, they reviewed several pieces of evidence as they were deliberating over the course of four days, 25 hours. not guilty on all charges. the end of the kyle rittenhouse trial. the news continues right now with alisyn camerota. hello, everyone, i m alisyn camerota. welcome to newsroom. victor is off. we do have breaking news. minutes ago a jury acquitted kyle rittenhouse on all counts. rittenhouse was 17 years old when he fatally shot two men and wounded a third with an ar-15 style rifle that he brought to racial justice protests in august of 2020. he was charged with homicide and reckless endangerment. he could have gotten a life sentence but will walk free today. rittenhouse took the stand during trial, testifying that he acted in self-defense. the
a snitch movement started because of distrust. and again, that makes it harder for police to get to the bottom of serious homicides like this. paul butler and former congresswoman donna edwards, my thanks to you in this important story. well will stay on it. thank you. when we come back, i want to show you some highlights from our very special russia courts special on collusion and conspiracy in front of our five mock jury. that s ahead. esher and more fla? only eggland s best. we prefer organic, and which ones have 6 times more vitamin d and 25% less saturated fat? only eggland s best. my family deserves the best, and which egg is the best in so many ways? only eggland s best. better taste, better nutrition, better eggs. aand it s now just $59! of the season. but the real gift isn t what s inside the box.