Welcome to Reuters Legal News beta. Please enjoy and provide us with your feedback as we continue to improve the Reuters Legal News experience. Nicholas Smith, the first witness called by Rittenhouse's lawyers after prosecutors rested their case, said he spoke to the teen after he fired his weapon on Aug. Rittenhouse added: "I had to. I had to shoot someone," Smith said. Rittenhouse, 18, is charged in the killing of Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and the wounding of Gaige Grosskreutz, He has pleaded not guilty and is planning to testify that he acted in self-defense, his lawyers have said.
The case is the most high-profile civilian self-defense trial since George Zimmerman was acquitted in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed Black teenager, in Florida in Like Zimmerman, Rittenhouse has emerged as a divisive figure and politics has coursed through the case. He is a hero to some conservatives who believe in unfettered gun rights and see the shootings as justified during the chaos in Kenosha, while many on the left see him as a symbol of a gun culture run amok.
During five days of testimony, prosecutors have tried to paint Rittenhouse as a vigilante killer who used deadly force without justification. Police have no comment about possible suspects in the June deaths of Paul and Margaret.
Following the murders, Mr Murdaugh's brothers, Randy and John, said they were unaware if the family had enemies, although they claimed Paul had received threats. Attorney Mr Harpootlian has said that Mr Murdaugh doesn't know who killed his family.
However, Mr Harpootlian added that he is investigating "an individual, or individuals, we believe have some culpability or have done it". Although he declined to give further details, Mr Harpootlian said that the "motive would be personal". America's gun culture in charts. Image source, Police handout. Alex Murdaugh right allegedly paid Curtis Edward Smith left to shoot him in the head.
Here's what we know about the case. Who are the Murdaughs? Now what's happened? What other charges is Murdaugh facing? Are the shootings connected? Who killed Paul and Margaret Murdaugh? Related Topics. Published 8 April. One of the organized interest groups that has been very successful in getting government to stifle competition so it can act like a cartel is the legal profession.
It used to be egregiously cartel-like, requiring that members adhere to fee schedules, thus shutting down price competition, and forbidding lawyers from advertising. Both of those strictures, embodied in the Canons of Legal Ethics, have been wiped away, though. Virginia State Bar in and the prohibition against advertising was similarly struck down by the Court in Bates v.
State Bar of Arizona in Unauthorized practice is strictly forbidden. With the high licensure barrier to entry into the market for legal services in most states, only people who have graduated from an American Bar Association accredited law school are eligible to take the bar exam , lawyers can charge more.
Too bad about those Americans who are priced out of the market, but the ABA insists that its restrictions are only there to protect the public against incompetence. Some people might get bad advice from inadequately trained legal practitioners, so organized bar says it has to step in and ensure competence by keeping law students in approved law schools for three years.
The problem with that rationale is that spending all that time in law school is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for competence in performing legal tasks.
Stanford Law School professor Deborah Rhode has been attacking that notion since In a study comparing outcomes for low-income clients in the United Kingdom on a variety of matters such as welfare benefits, housing, and employment, nonlawyers generally outperformed lawyers in terms of concrete results and client satisfaction…. In the United States, studies of lay specialists who provide legal representation in bankruptcy and administrative agency hearings find that they generally perform as well or better than attorneys.
Extensive formal training is less critical than daily experience for effective advocacy.
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