Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial Day 11: Attorney likens rally to `lynching’ of defendants
The defense attorney who caused an outcry by saying Black pastors should be barred from the murder trial over Ahmaud Arbery’s death declared in court Friday that a courthouse rally supporting the slain Black man’s family was comparable to a "public lynching" of the three white defendants.
Defense lawyer in Arbery slaying known for pushing limits
When a defense attorney in the trial of the three men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery called for Black pastors to be barred from the courtroom, shock and outrage rippled across the country. But for people familiar with his courtroom style, it came as no surprise.
What are the charges in Ahmaud Arbery’s killing?
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 — a conviction that could send them to prison for the rest of their lives.
Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial Day 10: The defense rests
The defense rested their case on Thursday on the tenth day in the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial.
Black pastors rally outside trial over Arbery’s killing
Hundreds of pastors both rallied and prayed Thursday outside the trial of three white men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, gathering in response to a defense lawyer’s bid to keep Black ministers out of the courtroom.
Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial Day 9: Defendant Travis McMichael takes the stand
Travis McMichael, the man who fired the shotgun blasts that killed Ahmaud Arbery, took the stand on the first day of the defense's case.
Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial Day 8: State rests case, GBI medical examiner details autopsy
The state rested its case in Ahmaud Arbery's murder trial just before 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The day's testimony included autopsy images of Arbery's body while the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's medical examiner explained his findings.
Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial Day 7: Judge denies mistrial, state continues to call witnesses
Rev. Jesse Jackson was present in the courtroom sitting next to Arbery's mother. One of the defense attorneys called for a mistrial, denied by Judge Timothy Walmsley.
Ahmaud Arbery murder trial: What the defense is arguing
Travis and Greg McMichael said they armed themselves and sped after Ahmaud Arbery because they thought he was a burglar, and they wanted to catch him and hold him until police arrived.
Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial Day 6: Victim would have received trespass warning, officer says
A police officer testified Friday he planned to give Ahmaud Arbery a trespass warning for repeatedly entering a home under construction before the 25-year-old Black man was chased and shot dead by neighbors who spotted him running from the property.
Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial Day 5: Defense attorney doesn't want 'anymore Black pastors' in court
The big moment in the fifth day of the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial came when one of the defense attorneys told the court ‘we don’t want anymore black pastors coming in here.’
Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial Day 4: Ahmaud Arbery `trapped like a rat’ before slaying, defendant said
Glynn County police Sgt. Roderic Nohilly told the jury Wednesday Greg McMichael told him Arbery "wasn’t out for no Sunday jog. He was getting the hell out of there."
Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial Day 3: Officer testifies defendant changed his story
Prosecutors say the men had no legal reason to pursue Arbery with guns, as there’s no evidence Arbery committed any crimes in the Satilla Shores subdivision outside the port city of Brunswick. Defense attorneys say the defendants had reason to suspect Arbery was a burglar.
Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial Day 2: Officer testifies about what happened moments after shooting
Ahmaud Arbery's father left the courtroom shortly before the state presented dozens of graphic crime scene photos showing his son lying in a puddle of blood after he was fatally shot.
Opening statements begin in trial for men charged in death of Ahmaud Arbery
It was a busy first day in a Glynn County courthouse as the jury was sworn in to decide the fate of the defendants in the death of Ahmaud Arbery heard their first witness.
Opening statements expected Friday in trial of three men charged in Ahmaud Arbery's death
Opening statements are set to begin Friday for the three men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery early last year.
Judge rules 1 Black juror, 11 whites to hear trial over Ahmaud Arbery killing
A judge will seat one Black juror and 11 whites to decide the trial of the men who killed Ahmaud Arbery, despite prosecutors’ objections that several Black potential jurors were cut because of their race.
Potential jurors see racism behind Ahmaud Arbery’s slaying
People questioned during jury selection about the killing of Ahmaud Arbery have said he was “racially profiled” by the white men who chased and shot him, singled out “due to his color” and targeted for being “a Black person who was thought to have been stealing things.”
Ahmaud Arbery murder trial: Jury selection crawls into 2nd week
Jury selection in the trial of three men charged with chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery crawled into its second week on Monday, with the judge and attorneys resuming their slow-moving task of questioning potential jurors one-by-one.
Ahmaud Arbery murder trial: Search continues for 'blank slate' jurors in 2nd week
The judge, prosecutors and defense attorneys have questioned 71 pool members since jury selection began. After dismissing those with personal hardships or unshakable biases, 23 were deemed qualified to advance.