Friday on Political Rewind: A verdict in a trial from a small town in Georgia gripped the nation. Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan were found guilty of murder charges on Wednesday. However, questions linger about what the case means for racial justice in the United States.
Travis McMichael; his father, Greg; and their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan all faced nine criminal counts in Georgia state court, including felony murder, aggravated assault and false imprisonment.
Ahmaud Arbery's mother was one voice in a chorus celebrating the jury’s verdict. Civil rights activists and politicians praised the decision: all three defendants found guilty of felony murder.
After 13 days of testimony, a disproportionately white jury in Georgia convicted all three white men of murder charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. Murder convictions carry a minimum penalty of life in prison.
Jurors in the trial of the three men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery must decide whether one or all of them is guilty of murder. Before the jurors retired to the jury room to begin their deliberations, the judge read them specific instructions on the law that's applicable to this case.
Tuesday on Political Rewind: Questions about what constitutes legal self-defense and proper use of the citizen's arrest law dominated closing arguments in the trial of the men charged with murder in Ahmaud Arbery's shooting death. Meanwhile, the new Republican-drawn Georgia congressional map sets up a battle between Democratic incumbents Carolyn Bordeaux and Lucy McBath.
A jury now has the case after a 13-day trial of three white men charged with murder and other crimes in the death of Ahmaud Arbery. The jury got the case on Tuesday after final closing arguments from the prosecutor and instructions from a judge.
Monday on Political Rewind: Self-defense was a key argument in the pursuit of acquittal in Kenosha, Wisc., in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. Meanwhile in Georgia, defense lawyers in the trial of Gregory and Travis McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan" also claimed self-defense as closing arguments unfolded on Monday.
A prosecutor in the murder trial over Ahmaud Arbery's death is arguing that none of the three white men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery had cause to make a citizen's arrest when they saw him in their neighborhood. Linda Dunikoski told jurors in her closing arguments Monday that the three defendants decided to pursue Arbery "because he was a Black man running down their street."
The Glynn County jury will hear closing arguments in the murder case against Father and son Greg and Travis McMichael, and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan for the February 2020 murder of Ahmaud Arbery.
The state House is set to approve a new Congressional map that would give Republicans another seat.
Atlanta police continue to search for Kenny Wells, the man who escaped with his gun from an airport security checkpoint after the gun in his luggage discharged on Saturday.
When defense attorney Kevin Gough called for Black pastors to be barred from the courtroom in the trial of three men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, shock and outrage rippled across the country. But for people familiar with his courtroom style, it came as no surprise.
Closing arguments in the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial will begin Monday. This after defense attorneys wrapped up their case yesterday after calling seven witnesses.
A former state correctional officer has been charged with two felonies, including obstruction of justice, in connection to the 2018 assault by guards on an inmate at Valdosta State Prison.
Defense attorneys for the three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery rested Thursday after calling a total of seven witnesses. Six neighbors testified about their concerns regarding crime in the neighborhood.
