@AskingQuestionsAllTheTime
And now the defence are asking for a mistrial, and if the judge allows that, Rittenhouse cannot be tried again.
(Why not? If a trial isn;t fair and free, surely what ought to happen is that the judge and jury are excused further service on it, and a new trial is convened?)
There are two ways to declare a mistrial.
"With prejudice" means that the misconduct and/or errors are so severe that they would greatly 'prejudice' the defendant's chances in a retrial. In these cases the case cannot be retried.
"Without prejudice" means that misconduct/errors are NOT so severe as to 'prejudice' the defendant's chances, and the case can be retried. The decision to retry rests with the prosecution.
Naturally Rittenhouse's team has asked for mistrial 'with prejudice' based (IIRC) on some line of questioning by the prosecution. But nothing I saw or heard in questioning seemed out of line to me. 🤷🏼♀️