Attorneys still aim to finish presenting their cases in mid-November despite a longer-than-expected jury selection process that’s drawing criticism for producing only one Black juror in a case where race has become a central issue.
The trial continues today for the three white men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was shot and killed as he jogged through a Glynn County neighborhood last year.
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The men chasing Ahmaud Arbery in their pickups got so close to him that his hand print was found on one of the trucks, along with fibers from his T-shirt, prosecutors told the jury.
Eleven jurors in the case are white, and one is Black. While the judge acknowledged "intentional discrimination in the panel," he said he was unable to reinstate any jurors who had been dismissed.
The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute is urging the state’s congressional delegation to support President Biden’s Build Back Better plan.
Opening arguments begin today in the Glynn County murder trial of Greg and Travis McMichael, and William "Roddie" Bryan -- the three white men accused of chasing, accosting, and fatally shooting a Black jogger named Ahmaud Arbery.
Jury selection is in its third week in Georgia as attorneys question jurors in the murder trial of three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black jogger.
Thursday on Political Rewind: The jury selection tasked with deciding the fate of Travis and Gregory McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan was announced Wednesday. Prosecutors protested the final jury selection, arguing the makeup does not match the demographics of Glynn County.
Attorneys in the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial are moving forward with the 12 jurors and four alternates they'll need to hear the Glynn County case. That's despite Prosecutor Linda Dunikoski arguing there's only one Black juror among the 11 other white panelists.
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With the trial underway for the three men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, we've provided a timeline of key events over the past 1½ years.
Travis McMichael, 35, his father Gregory McMichael, 65, and William Bryan, 52, the man who filmed the killing on his cellphone, face an array of state charges, including murder, aggravated assault for chasing Arbery in their pickups and false imprisonment.
Some of the 14 jurors were excused from serving weeks on the jury pool for medical conditions or other personal hardships that would limit their ability to serve. But many more were dismissed because they said setting aside their feelings about the guilt of defendants is too hard for them to do.
The most common encounter between police and the public is the traffic stop, and in Glynn County Black drivers are more often ticketed than white drivers, in relation to their percentage of the population, according to three years of records that the police department provided to The Current.
The judge in the case of three former Washington County Sheriff’s Deputies charged with murder has told the jury to keep trying to arrive at a verdict, even after the jury told him they cannot.
It's now week two of jury selection in the Glynn County trial of three white men charged with chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery, a Black jogger.