I lack any technical expertise or experience with Handbrake software, but apparently, a core purpose is to generate low-definition versions of high-definition videos. Interestingly, a photo purportedly of ADA Kraus’ laptop screen being projected onto the large 4k TV screen in the courtroom shows the presence of an imaging software named Handbrake. The judge was unconvinced by these excuses and suggested the possibility of putting the prosecution on the witness stand themselves to testify under oath as to how this video mix-up occurred. The prosecution has a Constitutional obligation to provide the defense with the evidence to be used against the defendant in court and failed to substantively meet this obligation by providing the defense with only a low-resolution version of this video, rather than the high-resolution version actually used as evidence before the jury.Īssistant DA Kraus had a laundry list of excuses for why the defense ended up with only a lower-resolution, smaller file size, different file name version of this critical drone video, including blaming everybody but himself–indeed, both this colleague ADA Binger and lead Detective Howard were blamed by Kraus, as well (of course) as the defense itself. Without the video, then, there is no act of provocation, and the prosecution would then have the unlikely-to-win task of attacking Kyle’s claims of self-defense directly. The act of provocation–specifically, the claim that he pointed his rifle at others, provoking Josep Rosenbaum to chase him across the Car Source parking lot–is supported by no other evidence but for this video. The drone video is particularly important because it is the only evidence offered by the State to support their argument that Kyle Rittenhouse has no privilege of self-defense in this case because he provoked the attacks upon himself, and therefore the State need merely prove provocation, rather than have to disprove self-defense itself. With no way to know that the high-resolution version existed, the defense now tells the court that they would have shaped their legal arguments, and prepared their client to testify, different than they did with only the low-resolution version in their possession. The jury, which is deliberating the case, has requested to see the drone video.This newest request for a mistrial is based primarily on the undisputed fact that the prosecution had provided a copy of the drone video to the defense that was 1/16th the resolution of the version that would be actually shown to the jury during the trial.He told prosecutors earlier in the week that if the technology used to enhance the video was disproved, the case would fall like “a house of cards.”Ĭurrently, seven women and five men will determine Rittenhouse’s fate, per NBC News.Per The Washington Post, he said he felt “queasy” about using the drone video. Schroeder= has not ruled on the drone video or the mistrial.“The failure to provide the same quality footage in this particular case is intentional and clearly prejudices the defendant.”Īssistant district attorney James Kraus said the defense received a lesser quality video because it was compressed after it was transferred to an iPhone to an Android, according to Fox News. “The video footage has been at the center of this case,” the defense motion said, per The Chicago Tribune.The defense said they would have approached the case differently if they received the higher quality video. The defense team filed a motion for a mistrial with prejudice Monday, saying that “prosecution gave the defense a compressed version of the video” that “was not as clear as the video kept by the state,” according to Fox News. Jurors started deliberations Tuesday and have yet to reach a verdict.The prosecution said Rittenhouse acted recklessly. The defense said Rittenhouse wanted to help his community. The defense and prosecution presented their cases. Rittenhouse said he fired in self-defense and pleaded not guilty.Rittenhouse, who was 17 at that time, shot and killed Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and injured Gaige Grosskreutz, who was 26. ![]() Rittenhouse has been charged with five counts, including homicide and attempted homicide, for shooting three people during civil unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in August 2020, according to The Washington Post. The Kyle Rittenhouse trial took another turn Wednesday as defense attorney Corey Chirafisi told Judge Bruce Schroeder said the defense would motion for a mistrial without prejudice over a dispute involving a drone video, per The Chicago Tribune, What is going on in the Rittenhouse trial?
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