He didn't take a plea so he will go to prison. Trial by jury is worthless. First, the court and the DA work together. Second, the jury pool will be selected from those that properly answer the jury questionnaire. That will exclude anyone that indicates they think for themselves, that know the law, or gives an answer that implies they may not be obedient servants. Anyone that lands in the jury pool that wasn't excluded by the questionnaire that might think for themselves or that don't swear to follow the law as given by the judge will not be on the jury.

And, after all that, if someone does get on the jury that might not vote to convict, he will be reported to the judge by a jury snitch and then the court will remove that person from the jury and will be replaced by an alternate.

So what's the wrinkle? I listened to the whole thing.

For anybody who needs to know, to leave a thumbs-up you move your mouse over the video and the title appears. Click the title and it opens to the video in YT. Look for the tiny hand motifs just under the video there. (I just did.)

He may be able to put up the bail. He has donations in excess of $2M, I believe.

Family of those whom he killed wanted 10 million bail. Or 3 billion. They'd pick any number with lots of zeros, of course. The judge apparently denied that figure.

The new info here is the owner of the rifle. It was unknown before how he got the rifle but his lawyers insisted the rifle did not cross state lines. It seems that claim is now substantiated, but now the owner is charged with making a straw purchase. That could be hard to prove as the rifle was apparently home to the purchaser, and was loaned to Kyle, perhaps when he made trips into Kenosha. Seems the state will have to prove the rifle was in fact Kyle's, which they may have a hard time doing unless there is evidence Kyle took it home to his house over state lines. Even if Kyle provided the money for the purchase which is not known, unless the rifle can reasonably be construed as practically being owned by Kyle, I don't see it sticking.

Kyle can, as a minor, legally loan or give money to another person and that person could buy a gun with that money. That certainly can't be illegal. Without a transfer of the weapon back to Kyle that could be construed as intentional as a permanent transfer, I don't think a straw purchase crime is committed.

As for a jury trial not working.... Yes they'd have to rig it. Otherwise it can be expected that about 70% of the jury will be sympathetic to him, and a conviction requires unanimous consent.