A big difference is that Rittenhouse has competent lawyers and a judge that's isn't trying to make an example out of him. Earlier pre-trial recordings have shown the judge bitching out the DAs for the political stunts they keep trying to pull. Here is a good example.
You seem to think the jury tried to judge the Chauvin case on its merits, and that's why it went that way. They gave a guilty verdict to everything he was charged with, even though murder would preclude manslaughter, they convicted him of both anyway.
No jury is going to give a shit about what's presented to them in this case if they have to fear for their lives after the trial is over.
That is a good point. That just tempered my hope some.
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