Kyle Rittenhouse trial gets underway in Kenosha

Jury’s been selected and the trial’s underway for suburban 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, who killed two men during 2020 unrest in Kenosha.

By Andrea Guthmann
Kyle Rittenhouse listens as jurors are asked questions by the judge during jury selection at the Kenosha County Courthouse on Nov. 1, 2021 in Kenosha, Wis. Rittenhouse shot three demonstrators, killing two of them, during a night of unrest that erupted in Kenosha after a police officer shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back while police attempted to arrest him in August 2020.
Kyle Rittenhouse listens as jurors are asked questions by the judge during jury selection at the Kenosha County Courthouse on Nov. 1, 2021 in Kenosha, Wis. Rittenhouse shot three demonstrators, killing two of them, during a night of unrest that erupted in Kenosha after a police officer shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back while police attempted to arrest him in August 2020. Pool/Getty Images
Kyle Rittenhouse listens as jurors are asked questions by the judge during jury selection at the Kenosha County Courthouse on Nov. 1, 2021 in Kenosha, Wis. Rittenhouse shot three demonstrators, killing two of them, during a night of unrest that erupted in Kenosha after a police officer shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back while police attempted to arrest him in August 2020.
Kyle Rittenhouse listens as jurors are asked questions by the judge during jury selection at the Kenosha County Courthouse on Nov. 1, 2021 in Kenosha, Wis. Rittenhouse shot three demonstrators, killing two of them, during a night of unrest that erupted in Kenosha after a police officer shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back while police attempted to arrest him in August 2020. Pool/Getty Images

Kyle Rittenhouse trial gets underway in Kenosha

Jury’s been selected and the trial’s underway for suburban 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, who killed two men during 2020 unrest in Kenosha.

By Andrea Guthmann
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The trial is underway for northwest suburban Antioch teen Kyle Rittenhouse and presiding Judge Bruce Schroeder has already made significant rulings.

Reset checks in with a reporter covering the trial and a criminal defense lawyer about what the speedy jury selection says about the judge and jury.

GUESTS: Andrea Lyon, criminal defense lawyer and former public defender; Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune reporter