What’s to deliberate? A bunch of witnesses said Jesse was mouthing off in a SEAL bar and Kyle cold cocked him. End of story. He should have kept his big mouth shut.
Jesse had his own witnesses who said nothing happened. Kyle’s witnesses often contradicted each other, and one admitted he’d had “15 to 20 drinks” before he witnessed the altercation. Also, they showed a videotaped deposition Kyle did before he was killed where he admitted that parts of his story were not true. Not a slam dunk case by any means.