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If I genuinely believed I’d only done what I had to do to protect myself and others, nothing more, I’d count myself lucky I’d been acquitted and try to vanish back into obscurity.

But the way these guys capitalize on opportunities for fortune and fame seems—ipso facto—to contradict any pretense of innocence. Because Rittenhouse-style celebrity isn’t built on courtroom justice. There’s no reason for more than 15 minutes of that. No, it’s making a career that celebrates getting away with murder.