Adrienne Lawrence, an attorney and host on The Young Turks media network, tweeted: “Did someone call Rittenhouse a ‘convicted murderer’?

“Because, to my knowledge, you can be a murderer factually, even if you’re legally acquitted. An acquittal doesn’t really change that one murdered another.”

In a follow-up tweet, Lawrence explained how Rittenhouse’s case is different to that of O.J. Simpson, who was cleared of murder in the highly publicized 1995 trial before a civil court jury ruled him legally responsible for the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.

“O.J. could sue for defamation because he maintains that he did not kill. Rittenhouse, however, admitted to killing; he simply claims it was legally justified, which a jury agreed with,” Lawrence wrote.