At least five potential jurors told the judge and attorneys Tuesday they know people involved in the case.
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Attorneys resumed questioning potential jurors Tuesday in the trial of three white men charged with chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery, with several jury pool members saying they know the defendants or others close to a case that hasFather and son Greg and Travis McMichael and a neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, are charged with murder and other crimes in the 25-year-old Black man’s death after a cellphone video of the Feb. 23, 2020, killing leaked online two months later.
One man said his father is a longtime prosecutor who had worked with Greg McMichaelfor the local district attorney before Arbery was killed. Two men said they know a prosecutor initially assigned to the case, Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney George Barnhill, including one who said they are members of the same Rotary Club.
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