After emotional testimony, Kyle Rittenhouse's defense plans to call more witnesses

Published November 11, 2021 at 12:06 PM EST

Defense attorneys for Kyle Rittenhouse are planning to call several more witnesses on Thursday. Rittenhouse testified on Wednesday that he acted in self-defense when he killed two people and wounded another last year in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Here & Now‘s Jane Clayson talks with Harvard Law School professor and retired judge Nancy Gertner about the case.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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