Attorney Andrew Branca

Welcome to today’s Law of Self Defense ongoing coverage of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. I am, of course, Attorney Andrew Branca, for Law of Self Defense. Today’s long day of trial proceedings was largely a tiresome affair, as the state prosecutors continued to appear unable to extract from their witnesses any substantive evidence inconsistent with […]

Welcome to today’s Law of Self Defense ongoing coverage of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. I am, of course, Attorney Andrew Branca, for Law of Self Defense. Today the trial finally got off to the races, with the jury hearing the opening statements of both the state and the defense. The jury also heard their first

Welcome to the Law of Self Defense ongoing coverage of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial! I am, of course, Attorney Andrew Branca, for Law of Self Defense.  Good news, the Kyle Rittenhouse trial is finally underway, with voir dire, or jury selection, having begun this morning. UPDATE: Between when I started writing this post and when

I’ve already shared with you my lengthy, in-depth analysis of the recent pre-trial hearing in the Kyle Rittenhouse case, but there were a couple of moments of that hearing that I thought worthy of special attention, especially for those of you who might not readily have the time to work through the full analysis. Incidentally,