Over 200 potential jurors were called to a Georgia courthouse to face questions about their impartiality in the trial of former prosecutor Jackie Johnson. Johnson is accused of meddling with police during their investigation into the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery. The trial will be held in the same courthouse where Arbery's assailants were convicted.
More than 200 potential jurors were summoned Tuesday to a Georgia courthouse to face questions about whether they can serve impartially in the trial of a former prosecutor accused of meddling with police as they investigated the 2020 killing of served as district attorney when Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was chased by three white men in pickup trucks and fatally shot on a residential street.
Potential jurors will be asked what they've read or heard about Arbery's killing and the case against Johnson, and whether they're able to serve as impartial jurors. Walden said she suspects it could take a week to select a jury of 12 members plus alternates. Greg McMichael, a retired investigator for Johnson's office, started the pursuit with his son Travis McMichael on Feb. 23, 2020, after Arbery ran past his home just outside the port city of Brunswick. Travis McMichael killed Arbery with a shotgun at point-blank range as a neighbor who joined the chase, William “Roddie” Bryan, recorded the shooting on his cellphone. The men later said they wrongly suspected Arbery was a thief.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation then took over the case from local police. All three men were arrested, convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. They were also found guilty of
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