{"id":1023123,"date":"2021-11-17T11:28:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T16:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1023123"},"modified":"2021-11-17T11:28:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T16:28:39","slug":"rittenhouse-defense-asks-for-mistrial-alleges-prosecutors-intentionally-did-not-provide-high-quality-video-footage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rittenhouse-defense-asks-for-mistrial-alleges-prosecutors-intentionally-did-not-provide-high-quality-video-footage\/","title":{"rendered":"Rittenhouse Defense Asks For Mistrial, Alleges Prosecutors Intentionally Did Not Provide High Quality Video Footage"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frittenhouse-defense-asks-for-mistrial-alleges-prosecutors-intentionally-did-not-provide-high-quality-video-footage%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1023123&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Defense attorneys for Kyle Rittenhouse reportedly filed a seven-page motion for a mistrial Monday, alleging the prosecution provided poor quality drone footage of one of the key moments of the incident to the jury despite a higher-resolution video being available.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem is, the prosecution gave the defense a compressed version of the video,\u201d the motion reads, regarding footage. \u201cWhat that means is the video provided to the defense was not as clear as the video kept by the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe video footage has been at the center of this case,\u201d the motion reads, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/ct-kyle-rittenhouse-defense-mistrial-prosecutorial-misconduct-20211116-awjig565ynf3xknzhavdxdh7tm-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chicago Tribune<\/a>. \u201cThe failure to provide the same quality footage in this particular case is intentional and clearly prejudices the defendant.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.0552763819095\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8BREAKING NEW MOTION: Kenosha prosecutors WITHELD VIDEO EVIDENCE from Kyle Rittenhouse Defense Team <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pqk86hhqqu\">pic.twitter.com\/pqk86hhqqu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jacek Posobiec \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf1 (@JackPosobiec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec\/status\/1460816537812668425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The defense argues the prosecution should be forced to \u201cexplain to the court why they did not copy the footage for the defendant with the same quality as their copy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The motion further called for a mistrial with prejudice, citing the prosecution\u2019s cross-examination of Rittenhouse during which lead prosecutor Thomas Binger allegedly violated Rittenhouse\u2019s constitutional right of silence.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Bruce Schroeder <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/10\/judge-bruce-schroeder-shuts-down-prosecution-questioning-kyle-rittenhouse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">scolded<\/a> Binger\u2019s questioning as a possible \u201cgrave constitutional violation.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/10\/kyle-rittenhouse-trial-prosecutor-judge-kenosha-brazen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018Don\u2019t Get Brazen With Me\u2019: Judge Shouts, Scolds Rittenhouse Prosecutor In Tense Ten-Minute Courtroom Exchange)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The defense had <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/10\/kyle-rittenhouse-defense-asks-for-mistrial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">called for a mistrial<\/a> following the questions, but Schroeder declined to grant one. He did note that he could declare one at any point.<\/p>\n<p>The motion asked Schroeder to dismiss the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/10\/kyle-rittenhouse-trial-ringtone-judge-phone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">case<\/a> with prejudice, meaning Rittenhouse could not be tried again. Schroeder has not yet returned a decision to the court, but should the jurors convict Rittenhouse on any count, Schroeder will have to issue a ruling, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/crime\/2021\/11\/16\/jury-gets-kyle-rittenhouse-case-but-mistrial-motion-still-pending\/6403517001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Criminal Law Professor at Marquette Law School Michael O\u2019Hear told the outlet it is strange that Schroeder has not yet issued a decision on the motion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not sure why the judge has waited to rule. It seems unlikely to me that he would have turned the case over to the jury if he expected to grant the mistrial,\u201d O\u2019Hear reportedly said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defense attorneys for Kyle Rittenhouse reportedly filed a seven-page motion for a mistrial Monday, alleging the prosecution provided poor quality drone footage of one of the key moments of the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1023123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1023123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1023123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1023123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1023123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}