RIttenhouse trial - Day four of deliberations

The consensus at this point is that the entire thing hinges on the foreman, juror 54. They claim she is a "bossy" Karen type who is holding out for a guilty charge on something. She is the one asking most of the questions of the judge and the manner in which they are being asked are pushing the prosecution rhetoric. She is also the person who asked to take the jury instructions home... presumably to redefine them so she can come in and tell everyone else that they are wrong. 

Now that, of course, is just the consensus "rumor" based on leaks from people who are in a position of listening in. The fear for many is that eventually one or two people can wear everyone else down to the point where they agree to a token guilty charge just to get things over and be allowed to go home. But of course, if you are being serious to your vow as you became a jurist, you must find as you see. Rittenhouse's life is not a political negotiation.

All the more reason for the Judge in this case to put an end to the nonsense. He has more than enough to justify a mistrial, and more than enough to justify it with prejudice. On top of everything else, the famous enhanced picture is literally defined as not something that is designed to use for trial purposes. Only for investigative purposes. This was asked and denied when they were arguing about getting it in. So the enhanced picture was entered on false pretenses as well.

Just something else to add to the list.

But the judge quite literally wants to wait to provide his ruling till he gets a verdict. Not sure I have ever heard of anything like that before.

Now on the flip side, I have been listening to some YouTube legal channels and most of the legal minds believe that Rittenhouse would benefit even from a straight mistrial. They say that without the "surprise" change in prosecution strategy (after the defense has closed) and without some of other issues, that Rittenhouse would have an even better chance of acquittal if they retried. The thing is that those who testified (all of which pretty much helped the defense) can not change their testimony from one trial to the next. But the defense could call other witnesses that were not known or not called. Moreover, the defense would have an actual chance to go over the video, have access to do their own enhancements and call their own experts.