Defense vs. prosecution. Rittenhouse's attorneys coached him well. In contrast to the wannabe G.I. JOE that the prosecution tried to paint Rittenhouse as, the defense presented an entirely ...

The Kyle Rittenhouse and Ahmaud Arbery cases raise intriguing legal questions about people who take the law into their own hands and then claim self-defense when someone dies.

As a teenager in 2018, Chrystul Kizer shot and killed the man who sexually assaulted and trafficked her. Advocates say given the Rittenhouse verdict, a self-defense argument should work in her favor.

Rittenhouse need only make "some showing" of self defense before the burden shifts to prosecutors to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, Rittenhouse's belief only deadly force would save him was ...

Jurors in two recent high-profile homicide cases involving guns and claims of self-defense have spoken. In one case, the jury found the defendant, Kyle Rittenhouse, not guilty on all homicide charges.