Jury Duty

On this episode of Jury Duty: The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, host Kary Antholis is joined once again by Abbe Smith who serves as Professor of Law and Director of the Criminal Defense and Prisoner Advocacy Clinic at Georgetown University. Together they discuss the opening statements of Prosecutor Thomas Binger and Defense Attorney Mark Richards, including what their respective strategies were and w...

This season of Jury Duty explores the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. In The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse: Defense Opening — Part 1 , host Kary Antholis begins our look at the Opening Statement offered by the defense, as delivered by Rittenhouse attorney, Mark Richards. You can also find out more information about each of the trials covered by Jury Duty at CrimeStory.com . Or at these dedicated lin...

This season of Jury Duty explores the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. In The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse: Prosecutor's Opening — Part 3 , host Kary Antholis concludes our exploration of the prosecution’s opening statement and explores the moment where Thomas Binger experiences the consequences of his decision not to seek to use media elements in his presentation. You can also find out more informa...

This season of Jury Duty explores the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. In The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse: Prosecutor's Opening — Part 2 , host Kary Antholis continues our examination of Prosecutor Thomas Binger’s opening statement as he sets the scene for the jury of downtown Kenosha on the night of August 25th and describes for the jury some of the key witnesses he plans to call during the trial....

This season of Jury Duty explores the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. In The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse: Prosecutor's Opening — Part 1 , host Kary Antholis begins an examination of the opening statement made by Prosecutor Thomas Binger on November 2, 2021. Over the course of the episode, we follow along as Binger recounts the events leading up to the night of August 25, 2020, and as he anticipate...

This season of  Jury Duty  explores the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. At the end of each week, host Kary Antholis is joined by an expert in the criminal justice field to help distill and further analyze what was heard in the trial. This week our guest is  Michael Cicchini . Cicchini has been routinely recognized by his peers as one of Wisconsin’s best Criminal Defense Attorneys and in...

This season of Jury Duty explores the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. In The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse: Jury Instructions , host Kary Antholis focuses on defense attorney Corey Chirafisi’s strategy and tactics in his voir dire questioning of prospective jurors. We will also offer an overview of Judge Schroeder’s initial instructions to the 20 impaneled jurors the following day. You can also...

This season of Jury Duty explores the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. In The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse: Jury Selection , host Kary Antholis begins our examination of the Jury selection process for this trial, paying close attention to Judge Schroeder’s method and style of guiding that process, and Prosecutor Thomas Binger’s voir dire tactics and strategy as well. You can also find out more infor...

This season of Jury Duty explores the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. In The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse: Admissible Evidence Hearing — Part 2 , host Kary Antholis we continue our examination of the October 25, 2021 hearing, which features Judge Schroeder’s controversial ruling to allow complaining witnesses, the men shot by Kyle Rittenhouse, to be referred to as “rioters,” “looters,” and “ar...

This season of Jury Duty explores the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse: Admissible Evidence Hearing — Part 1 , host Kary Antholis examines the first portion of an October 25, 2021 pretrial hearing. In this hearing, the prosecution seeks to prevent testimony from two potential defense witnesses—one a Kenosha Wisconsin Police Officer named Amanda Franco with a tenuous...

This season of Jury Duty explores the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. At the end of each week, host Kary Antholis is joined by an expert in the criminal justice field to help distill and further analyze what we heard in the trial. This week our guest is Abbe Smith who serves as Professor of Law and Director of the Criminal Defense and Prisoner Advocacy Clinic at Georgetown University. Together, they wi...

This season of Jury Duty explores the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. In Prior Acts Hearing — Part 2 , host Kary Antholis concludes our examination of the September 17, 2021 pretrial hearing by exploring the motions presented by the defense, including a motion to admit evidence of Joseph Rosenbaum’s criminal history and his prior convictions on sex offense charges.  You can also find out more info...

This season of Jury Duty explores the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. In Prior Acts Hearing — Part 1 , host Kary Antholis begins our examination of the September 17, 2021 pretrial hearing conducted via video conference. During this hearing, Lead Prosecutor Thomas Binger asks Judge Bruce Schroeder to allow three pieces of evidence at trial—one, that Kyle Rittenhouse previously assaulted a female, two th...

This season of Jury Duty explores the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. In Violating Bond Hearing , host Kary Antholis examines the February 11, 2021 pretrial hearing where Kenosha, Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge Bruce Schroeder decides whether Kyle Rittenhouse’s behavior while out on bail violates the terms of his bail and if so, whether that bail should be raised. You can also find out more information...

This season of Jury Duty explores the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, who was charged with the reckless homicide of Joseph Rosenbaum, the intentional homicide of Anthony Huber, and the attempted intentional homicide of Gaige Grosskreutz. As Rittenhouse was the undisputed shooter of all three men, his legal team argued that the shootings were in self-defense. In The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse: Probable C...

On Friday, February 25th, 2022, it was ordered by Judge Kathy Solorzano, as directed by the California state court of appeals, that all proceedings in The People vs. Robert Durst “are permanently abated” because of Robert Durst’s death, effectively vacating Durst’s conviction. Jury Duty has an exclusive interview with Prosecutor John Lewin, who takes us through exactly what happened during Fr...

Jury Duty host Kary Antholis concludes his interviews with Durst jurors, Carmen Kletecka and John Okanishi , who were part of the Los Angeles panel that convicted Robert Durst of the murder of his good friend Susan Berman. In Durst Trial Podcast: Juror Interviews - Part 15 , we revisit the same events that we covered with Carmen Kletecka from John Okanishi's perspective. Also check our feed for th...

Jury Duty host Kary Antholis continues his interviews with Durst jurors Carmen Kletecka and John Okanishi . In Durst Trial Podcast: Juror Interviews - Part 14 , we conclude our conversations with Carmen as we hear her reflections on the jury deliberations, the verdict and the death of Robert Durst. Also check our feed for the trailer introducing Jury Duty Season 4 , focusing on The Trial of Kyle R...

This is a special bonus episode of Jury Duty: The Killing Ahmaud Arbery . Host Kary Antholis is joined by award-winning journalist Hayley Mason , who has covered the events surrounding the killing of Ahmaud Arbery since May of 2020. Mason, who reports for Atlanta-based TV Channel CBS 46, recounts for Jury Duty the closing arguments and the verdicts in the Federal Hate Crimes trial of Travis and Gr...

Jury Duty host Kary Antholis continues his interviews with Durst jurors Carmen Kletecka and John Okanishi . In Durst Trial Podcast: Juror Interviews - Part 13 , they offer their memories of the rest of Prosecutor John Lewin’s cross-examination of Robert Durst as well as the closing arguments in the trial. At the end of the episode, we will relive some of the key moments that each of these jurors m...

Jury Duty host Kary Antholis continues his interviews with Durst jurors Carmen Kletecka and John Okanishi . In Durst Trial Podcast: Juror Interviews - Part 12 , they offer their memories of the beginning of Prosecutor John Lewin’s cross-examination of Robert Durst. At the end of the episode, we relive some of the key moments that each of these jurors mentions by playing excerpts of the trial audio...

Jury Duty host Kary Antholis continues his interviews with Durst jurors Carmen Kletecka and John Okanishi . In Durst Trial Podcast: Juror Interviews - Part 11 , they offer their memories of the rest of Dick DeGuerin’s questioning of Robert Durst. At the end of the episode, we will relive some of the key moments that each of these jurors mention by playing excerpts of the trial audio that they refe...

This is a special bonus episode of Jury Duty: The Killing Ahmaud Arbery . Host Kary Antholis is joined by award-winning journalist Hayley Mason , who has covered the events surrounding the killing of Ahmaud Arbery since May of 2020. Mason, who reports for Atlanta-based TV Channel CBS 46, recounts for Jury Duty the events of a momentous week in the Federal Hate Crimes trial of Travis and Greg McMic...

Jury Duty host Kary Antholis continues his interviews with Durst jurors Carmen Kletecka and John Okanishi . In Durst Trial Podcast: Juror Interviews - Part 10 , Carmen Kletecka and John Okanishi offer their memories of the early portion of Robert Durst’s marathon 14-day residence on the witness stand. At the end of the episode, we will relive some of the key moments that they mention by playing ex...

Jury Duty host Kary Antholis continues his interviews with Durst jurors Carmen Kletecka and John Okanishi . In Durst Trial Podcast: Juror Interviews - Part 9 , they recall the testimonies of those who have remained steadfastly loyal to Robert Durst. At the end of the episode, we will relive some of the key moments that they mention by playing excerpts of the trial audio that they reference. And ch...