Rittenhouse Extradited to Wisconsin
Illinois judge grants request. 17-year-old faces homicide charges in Kenosha shooting.
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An Illinois judge has granted prosecutors’ request to extradite 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse to Wisconsin, where he faces homicide charges for allegedly shooting three protesters in Kenosha, killing two of them.
Rittenhouse is charged with first-degree reckless homicide in the Aug. 25 shooting of 36-year-old Joseph Rosenbaum and first-degree intentional homicide in the shooting of 26-year-old Anthony Huber.
Rittenhouse traveled to Kenosha from his home in Antioch, Illinois, and walked the city that night armed with an AR-15 rifle, during the unrest that followed the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man. He joined others carrying guns who said they were there to guard private businesses, several of which had been burned in the days following the shooting.
Judge Paul Novak did not address those arguments Friday, ruling only that Rittenhouse could be extradited.
“According to Illinois law, this Illinois court shall not determine if Rittenhouse has a valid self-defense argument for the Wisconsin charges,” Novak wrote. “These are matters that can be raised in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, through pre-trial proceedings or during trial.”
One of Rittenhouse’s attorneys has previously raised the possibility of appealing the decision to extradite.
Illinois Judge Approves Extradition Of Kyle Rittenhouse To Wisconsin was originally published by Wisconsin Public Radio.
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- Back in the News: The Return of Kyle Rittenhouse - Bruce Murphy - Feb 28th, 2022
- Op Ed: Rittenhouse Verdict Gives New Defense For Killing - Ion Meyn - Dec 20th, 2021
- Rittenhouse No Longer Enrolled at College - Henry Redman - Dec 1st, 2021
- Data Wonk: Rittenhouse Feared His Rifle Endangered Him - Bruce Thompson - Nov 24th, 2021
- Rittenhouse Says ‘Self-Defense Was On Trial’ - Shawn Johnson - Nov 23rd, 2021
- Murphy’s Law: After Rittenhouse, Expect More Vigilantes - Bruce Murphy - Nov 22nd, 2021
- Rep. Robyn Vining: Statement on Rittenhouse Verdict - State Rep. Robyn Vining - Nov 19th, 2021
- Attorney General Kaul Statement on the Verdict in Wisconsin v. Rittenhouse - Wisconsin Department of Justice - Nov 19th, 2021
- Supervisor Taylor Statement on the Rittenhouse Verdict - Sup. Sequanna Taylor - Nov 19th, 2021
- Rittenhouse Found Not Guilty on All Counts - WPR Staff - Nov 19th, 2021
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Of course, they will appeal it as a stall tactic if for no other reason. This young man was brought into this militia like group with that mythical dream of being the frontier citizen in a deputized mob to doled out justice. I’m sure he thought of himself as the good man with a gun the NRA tries to sell us. We see how it turned out. He had no training, no authority, or no reason to be in that situation. People died needlessly. And if there was police negligence, as there has been alleged in this matter, they should also be brought to justice.