quite frankly the prosecution's case was just downhill the entire time defense captured their witnesses and actually made them into defense witnesses so misty one of the things that i think a lot of people were puzzled about and i was puzzled about it too was the decision by the defense to even put written house on the stand the prosecution had so thoroughly failed to make its case that you always think as an attorney that it's risky to put a defendant on the stand you just never know what the defendant is is going to say and again if the prosecution fails to prove its case the burden is on the prosecution not on that offense were you surprised that they decided to put written house on the stand you know i actually was ben and and it's exactly what you said the prosecution's case had already gone so far south as a defense attorney it's one of the most difficult decisions that you have to make whether or not the defendant takes the stand and it comes with significant risk so if the prosecution is not fulfilling their burden of proving their case beyond a reasonable doubt many defense attorneys will say look it's not worth it because the prosecution's case just is not strong we don't need this you really only want to put your client on the stand if it's necessary however there is something that all of the viewers should understand the decision to go on the stand and to testify lies with the defendant himself so you can tell your client that they shouldn't do it you can explain the risks versus the rewards if they want to take the stand it's ultimately their determination so i think perhaps that was part of the calculus that kyle rittenhouse has been demonized uh for for this entire time and perhaps he said to his lawyers i want to do it and you know as much as it did come with those risks i actually think it was uh he did a great job and in a self-defense case it is good for the jury to hear what was actually going on in the person's mind who is trying to use that as a justification so i think it ended up working out for them but it is a risky decision we'll get to more with misty maris in just one second first this holiday season deck the halls walls windows and doors with the best deals of the year on the award-winning ring alarm i'm sure we all know about the ring video doorbell by now i mean how could you not but did you know that ring makes an award-winning alarm as well ringalarm is a powerful affordable home security system you can easily install yourself so whether you're running across town or across the country this busy season you and your loved ones can rest easy knowing your home is protected and it's more than just security ring alarm protects your home from flood freeze and fire as well plus it's so much cheaper than those other companies for what they charge for one month you get an entire year of ring alarm with professional monitoring right now for the best deals of the year on ring alarm head on over to URL_TOKEN forward slash ben every time i am out of town i make sure that i check in on my ring alarm so i can keep track of my house keep track of the kids and sometimes just sometimes my little kids they're running around constantly i lose track of one of them i need to use that ring app to figure out where they are it happens more than i would want
START_SPONSOR_TOKEN with misty maris in just one second first this holiday season deck the halls walls windows and doors with the best deals of the year on the award-winning ring alarm i'm sure we all know about the ring video doorbell by now i mean how could you not but did you know that ring makes an award-winning alarm as well ringalarm is a powerful affordable home security system you can easily install yourself so whether you're running across town or across the country this busy season you and your loved ones can rest easy knowing your home is protected and it's more than just security ring alarm protects your home from flood freeze and fire as well plus it's so much cheaper than those other companies for what they charge for one month you get an entire year of ring alarm with professional monitoring right now for the best deals of the year on ring alarm head on over to URL_TOKEN forward slash ben every time i am out of town i make sure that i check in on my ring alarm so i can keep track of my house keep track of the kids and sometimes just sometimes my little kids they're running around constantly i lose track of one of them i need to use that ring app to figure out where they are it happens more than i would want END_SPONSOR_TOKEN