After 26 hours of deliberations, a connocia-wisconsin jury has found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on all counts in his murder trial.

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After 26 hours of deliberation, the jury reached a verdict on Friday in the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial.

The jury found Rittenhouse not guilty on all counts of killing two men and injuring a third, a decision that marks the end of a contentious trial that highlighted the split along political lines in our country.

Daily wires, Maraid, Allordy has the details for us.

So Maraid, you and I both spent some time in Kenosha over the past couple weeks.

Right. Yesterday was a big day. Can you break down what happened?

Absolutely. So as you said, the trial is now over. The jury reached a unanimous verdict of not guilty for all charges.

When the verdict was read, Rittenhouse collapsed and was seen sobbing in relief, hugging his defense attorneys.

Now, initially, he had been charged with five felony charges and one misdemeanor charge, the most serious of which was intentional homicide.

That's Wisconsin's top murder charge, which carries a mandatory life sentence.

The other charges were reckless homicide, attempted homicide, two counts of reckless endangerment, as well as being a minor illegally impossession of a firearm.

That firearm charge was dismissed by the judge on Monday, though.

It's worth noting that he was also previously charged with violating curfew, but last week that charge was dismissed by the judge as well.

And obviously, Rittenhouse pled not guilty to all of these charges.

We spoke to legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Amy Swerer, about the case, and she said the evidence always pointed to self-defense.

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