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Rittenhouse Trial: No Verdict, Jury Sent Home 

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Rittenhouse Trial: No Verdict, Jury Sent Home 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN - NOVEMBER 15: Judge Bruce Schroeder speaks to issues on jury instruction during Kyle Rittenhouse's trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse on November 15, 2021 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Rittenhouse is accused of shooting three demonstrators, killing two of them, during a night of unrest that erupted in Kenosha after a police officer shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back while being arrested in August 2020. Rittenhouse, from Antioch, Illinois, was 17 at the time of the shooting and armed with an assault rifle. He faces counts of felony homicide and felony attempted homicide. (Photo by Sean Krajacic-Pool/Getty Images)

After hours of deliberation on Tuesday in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the jury was sent home without reaching a verdict.

The 12 jurors and six alternates will return back to the courthouse Wednesday morning to continue deliberation.

Notably, on Monday evening, the judge sent the jury home for the night after emphasizing to them they have an obligation to render a fair verdict, not based on his presumed opinion, news media, or comments from President Joe Biden, or his predecessor President Donald Trump.

“The time has now come where the great burden of reaching a just, fair, and conscientious decision in this case will be placed totally with you. You will not be swayed by sympathy, passion, prejudice, or political beliefs. You will disregard any impressions that you may have, which you may believe are my opinion on the guilt or innocence of the defendant,” Schroeder said.

“You will disregard the claims or opinions of any person, news media, or social networking site,” the judge told the jury. “You will pay no heed to the opinions of anyone — even the president of the United States, or the president before him.”

“The founders of our country gave you, and you alone, the power and the duty to decide this case,” Schroeder asserted.

Rittenhouse is on trial for fatally shooting two men and injuring a third during the unrest in Kenosha, last August. The teen has pleaded not guilty to all charges, citing self-defense. Two charges against Rittenhouse — a gun charge and a curfew charge — have already been dropped.

Related: Report: Protesters Promise To ‘Shut It Down’ If Kyle Is Acquitted, ‘Noise’ Heard Inside Courtroom

Related: WATCH: Kyle Rittenhouse Picks His Final 12 Jurors By Pulling Numbers Out Of A Raffle-Style Drum

Related: WATCH: Prosecutor Lists Numerous Alleged Crimes Of Man Kyle Rittenhouse Fatally Shot, Downplays As Irrelevant

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