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Kyle Rittenhouse extradited to Wisconsin for Kenosha protest shooting murder trial, after Illinois judge's ruling

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Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old from Antioch, Illinois, was extradited to Wisconsin to face murder charges in two fatal shootings at a Kenosha protest after the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (WLS) — Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old from Antioch, Illinois accused of shooting and killing two people during protests in Kenosha, was extradited to Wisconsin for trial, after an Illinois judge’s ruling Friday. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said by 4 p.m. they extradition had already been completed. Rittenhouse appeared in person in court, surrounded by armed law enforcement. Rittenhouse’s attorney John Pierce had informed the court previously that he planned to call witnesses, including Rittenhouse’s mother, an attorney with expertise in self-defense claims and a prison security expert. However, at Friday’s hearing, Pierce called no witnesses. Pierce had filed a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus claiming extradition would violate Rittenhouse’s constitutional rights. The judge denied that petition and granted the request of the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office to grant extradition to the state of Wisconsin. Rittenhouse is accused of shooting three protestors, killing two of them, in Kenosha in August after the Jacob Blake shooting by Kenosha police. Rittenhouse faces first-degree intentional homicide charges, attempted intentional homicide charge as well as a misdemeanor charge of underage firearm possession. Extradition cases are typically formalities and judges rarely refuse to OK another state’s request to transfer a suspect. But that has not been in the case here. Demonstrators supporting Black Lives Matter made their presence known outside the courthouse as Rittenhouse’s hearing took place.

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