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17岁男孩枪杀2人无罪释放,拜登“愤怒”,特朗普祝贺……

双语君 中国日报双语新闻 2021-11-23

美国17岁男孩枪杀2人伤害1人,最后无罪释放。

 

据美国有线新闻网(CNN)报道,当地时间周五(19日),美国威斯康星州基诺沙县巡回法院作出判决,宣布去年8月基诺沙市枪击案嫌疑人凯尔·里滕豪斯(Kyle Rittenhouse)无罪释放。


Kyle Rittenhouse — accused of shooting three people, two fatally — was acquitted on all charges on Friday by a jury in Kenosha, Wisconsin.


听到判决后,里滕豪斯激动地直接扑坐在了凳子上,随后用颤抖着的身体紧拥自己的律师。



 

此前,按照检察官的指控,他犯下了五项重罪:


1. 一级故意杀人,最高可判终身监禁。

FIRST-DEGREE INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE, USE OF A DANGEROUS WEAPON


2. 一级故意杀人未遂,最高可判60年监禁。

ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE, USE OF A DANGEROUS WEAPON


3. 一级鲁莽杀人,最高可判60年监禁。

FIRST-DEGREE RECKLESS HOMICIDE, USE OF A DANGEROUS WEAPON


4. 一级鲁莽危害安全,每项最高可判12年半。

FIRST-DEGREE RECKLESSLY ENDANGERING SAFETY, USE OF A DANGEROUS WEAPON


5. 一级鲁莽危害安全,每项最高可判12年半。

FIRST-DEGREE RECKLESSLY ENDANGERING SAFETY, USE OF A DANGEROUS WEAPON


注:如果持有危险武器,每项罪责还可加判5年监禁。(案发现场里滕豪斯手持步枪)


 

实际上的判决是,里滕豪斯无罪,当庭释放。

 

结果出来,一片哗然。


里滕豪斯案件始末


整个案件还要追溯到2020年8月。当时美国威斯康星州基诺沙市警察开枪击伤非裔男子雅各布·布莱克,导致其瘫痪。


Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, was left partly paralyzed after a white police officer shot him seven times in the back outside an apartment complex in Kenosha, Wis., on Aug. 23, 2020.



当天下午,布莱克试图走进路边自己的SUV,里面有他的三个孩子,一名警察抓住他的后背,紧接着传来一阵枪响。有目击者说,警察共开了7枪。该男子的3个孩子在现场目睹了这一切。随后,美国各地纷纷发起抗议活动,其中一些抗议活动甚至演变成暴力冲突。


The shooting, which happened in front of three of Mr Blake's children, was captured by a neighbor in a video that circulated widely and rapidly on social media. Outrage spread quickly, rekindling the nationwide protests for racial justice.


基诺沙市特意出动了国民警卫队维持秩序,但也有人自发携带武器上街巡逻。时年17岁的里滕豪斯就是其中之一,他带着AR-15型半自动步枪走上了街头,自称是为了保护基诺沙市的一个停车场不受破坏,并想要提供医疗援助。

 

随后示威活动变成了一场骚乱,里滕豪斯在混乱中枪杀了两名男子,另打伤一名男子。随后,美国检方对其提出包括一级谋杀罪在内的5项罪名指控。


Rittenhouse said that he went to Kenosha to protect property from rioters but that he came under attack and feared for his life.


Using an AR-15-type rifle, he killed Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz, 27.


不过,包括里滕豪斯本人在内的30多名证人的证词、枪击当晚的视频以及律师间的交锋,成功说服了陪审员,最终他被宣告无罪并当庭获释。

 

里滕豪斯获释的理由或在于两个字——“自卫”。


图源:CNN

 

当晚视频显示,里滕豪斯在街上被人追赶。追打者拿脚踹他,还有人用滑板揍他,躺在地上的里滕豪斯开枪扫射。里滕豪斯在出庭作证时告诉法庭,他开枪是出于“自卫”。“我担心他们抢走我的枪后会杀了我,可能还会杀更多的人,”他说。


"I didn't do anything wrong. I defended myself," he testified.


Under cross-examination, Rittenhouse said he knew Rosenbaum was unarmed. He said he pointed his rifle at Rosenbaum in an attempt to deter him and acknowledged it was dangerous.


"If I would have let Mr Rosenbaum take my firearm from me, he would have used it and killed me with it and probably killed more people," he testified.


图源:CNN


威斯康星州的法律只允许在“有必要防止迫在眉睫的死亡或巨大的身体伤害”的情况下使用致命武力。显然,里滕豪斯及其律师说服了陪审团,认为里滕豪斯当时的确处于危险之中。


Wisconsin law allows the use of deadly force only if "necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm." 


图源:路透社


里滕豪斯一度在作证时泪流满面,CNN法律分析专家乔伊·杰克逊(Joey Jackson)表示,本人证词让其表现显得更“人性化”,更重要的是,他解释了使用武力的原因,最终控方也没能推翻里滕豪斯的说法。


Rittenhouse broke down in tears at one point, leading to a short break.


"I think it was a game changer to put him on the stand," CNN legal analyst Joey Jackson said.


"Number one, you humanize him... More important, number two, he explained his uses of force."


图源:路透社


不仅谋杀罪名被推翻,就连针对里滕豪斯未成年持枪的指控也被法庭驳回。这主要与当地法律有关。辩方律师指出,威斯康星州允许未成年人拥有猎枪和步枪,而里滕豪斯的枪管长度符合标准。


The judge dismissed the misdemeanour gun possession charge the teenager faced after defence lawyers argued that he did not violate the state statute in question because of his age and the length of the barrel of his semi-automatic rifle.


判决结果引发争议


该案判决结果还在美国引发了强烈的争议。


“我们刚刚目睹了一个建立在白人至上主义之上的系统”,美国多个城市周末爆发抗议活动,左翼民众围攻警局和司法中心,向防暴警察投掷鸡蛋和石块。


美国总统拜登发言称,人们必须“遵守”陪审团的判决,并指出判决结果“让许多美国人愤怒和忧虑,包括我”。拜登还表示,希望美国人民和平且合法地表达观点,避免采取暴力游行抗议的方式。


President Joe Biden told reporters at the White House: "I stand by what the jury has concluded. The jury system works and we have to abide by it."


Biden later called for calm and said that "while the verdict in Kenosha will leave many Americans feeling angry and concerned, myself included, we must acknowledge that the jury has spoken".


特朗普则在判决后迅速向里滕豪斯表示祝贺,并称:“如果这不是自卫,那什么才算自卫!”


Former president Donald Trump, who at the time of the shootings said it appeared Rittenhouse had been "very violently attacked", congratulated Rittenhouse on the verdict, saying "if that's not self-defense, nothing is".


此外,在里滕豪斯被判无罪后,美国社交媒体上出现了大量言论指责美国司法系统不公正。有舆论认为,如果里滕豪斯是非洲裔美国人,他所面临的也会不一样。



如果凯尔·里滕豪斯是个非洲裔美国人的话,他将会得到最大判决。我们都懂美国的司法体系。


凯尔·里滕豪斯怎么会无罪。如果他是个非裔美国人的话,可能会被判终身监禁。有人会因为轻得多的罪名而坐牢,但杀了人却逍遥法外的事却能被接受……


与之相反,在里滕豪斯被宣布无罪的几分钟内,美国极右翼群体在社交媒体一片沸腾,欢庆胜利。极右翼团体“骄傲男孩”的一些成员说,自己特地请了一天假,专心等待判决宣布。甚至有网友在相关推文下留言将里滕豪斯称为“模范市民”。


(里滕豪斯)根本就不该受审。凯尔,祝你有个光明的未来。你是一名模范市民。


该案还引发各界对美国社会矛盾的深层反思。


美国有线电视新闻网(CNN)20日称,很多人对里滕豪斯以“自卫”的理由被释放感到愤怒,因为他是自己到抗议现场找麻烦。


"When the defendant provokes this incident, he loses the right to self-defense. You cannot claim self-defense against a danger you create," lead prosecutor Thomas Binger said in closing arguments. 



美国停止枪支暴力教育基金负责人霍维茨20日发表声明称:“极端的枪支文化已经腐化了我们的集体灵魂。只有在美国,一个17岁的人才能拿起攻击性武器,穿越州界、挑起争斗,杀死两人、伤害另一人,却不承担任何后果。”


"Extreme gun culture has rotted out our collective soul. Only in America can a 17-year old grab an assault weapon, travel across state lines, provoke a fight, kill two people and injure another and pay no consequences. "


编辑:王瑜 商桢 李金昳

来源:中国日报 美联社 纽约时报 新京报 环球时报 参考消息 CNN

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