Opening statements have begun in the murder trial of three white men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was jogging in their neighborhood in February 2020. The makeup of the jury, which is nearly all-white, sparked backlash this week.
A nearly all-white jury began hearing opening statements Friday in the murder trial of three white men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was jogging in their neighborhood in February 2020.
The McMichaels have said they acted in self-defense, believing Arbery to be a burglar. The three men have separate legal teams, but are standing trial together, charged with murder and other felony counts. "And they made decisions in their driveways based on their assumptions that took a young man's life and that's why we are here," said Dunikoski, the senior assistant district attorney for the Cobb County District Attorney's Office, which is prosecuting the case.
Walmsley also ruled that the defense cannot admit evidence that Arbery had been on probation or that he had a small amount of THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana, in his blood at the time of his slaying.
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