A grand jury has indicted three men on murder charges in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was shot to death by two white men in Georgia in February while he was out running, a prosecutor says.
without legal authority by “utilizing his vehicle on multiple occasions” before Arbery was shot.
Court functions in Georgia have been severely limited in recent months because of a statewide judicial emergency declared by the chief justice of the state Supreme Court in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Because of the uncertainty caused by the virus, the Arbery family didn’t know when the next steps would be taken after a probable cause hearing held earlier this month, Holmes said. But they were notified as soon as the grand jury returned an indictment, she said.Bob Rubin, a lawyer for Travis McMichael, said in an email that prosecutors choose the facts they want to present to a grand jury when seeking an indictment.
“We welcome the action of the grand jury today,′ Gough said. “While we disagree with it, it’s an important step in the process to moving this case closer to the speedy trial that Roddie has demanded.”
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