The man who gunned down Ahmaud Arbery was again sentenced to life in prison, this time after being convicted of a federal hate crime in connection with the murder, WSB-TV reports. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood sentenced 36-year-old Travis McMichael to life plus 10 years behind bars on federal charges in connection …
One of the men who murdered Ahmaud Arbery in 2020 spoke on the phone with a Georgia prosecutor 15 times in the weeks following the fatal shooting, officials alleged on Friday. WSB-TV reported that then-Glynn County District Attorney Jackie Johnson said she had no involvement in the investigation weeks after Arbery’s murder in February 2020. …
An attorney defending one of the men charged with Ahmaud Arbery’s murder in Brunswick, Georgia, asked the court on Friday for a mistrial, saying a prayer vigil held by Black pastors outside the court house on Thursday was akin to a “public lynching” of the defendants. Thursday’s prayer vigil was a direct response to attorney …
The defense rested its case on Thursday, and Judge Timothy Walmsley set closing arguments for Monday.
‘This is a life-or-death situation, and I’m going to have to stop him from doing this, so I shot,’ says the man accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery.
The attorney for one of the men charged with killing Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery asked a judge Monday to toss the Rev Jesse Jackson from the courtroom. Kevin Gough, attorney for William “Roddie” Bryan, tried last week to have Rev Al Sharpton removed from the courtroom, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Gough later apologized, saying his …
Three Georgia men are on trial for the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old shot to death in 2020 after the defendants allegedly chased him down and blocked him with their trucks. Defendants Greg and Travis McMichael, along with William Roddie Brown, are facing degree-murder charges. On Tuesday, Detective Parker Marcy took the stand. The …
A heartbreaking moment inside a Georgia courtroom unfolded Friday when the mother of Ahmaud Arbery cried after watching footage depicting her son’s dead body. Photos of Wanda Cooper-Jones show her weeping with a hand on her head while a recording of police bodycam video was played during opening statements in the trial of Arbery’s alleged …
A group of 12 Georgia jurors heard opening statements Friday during the Glynn County murder trial for three men accused of killing slain jogger, Ahmaud Arbery. Prosecutor Linda Dunikoski started her opening statement by referring to a short cellphone video clip that shows part of the attack on Arbery, a 25-year-old Black male who was …
A Georgia jury began hearing opening statements on Friday, in connection with the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old who lost his life while jogging in a Brunswick neighborhood last year. As CrimeOnline previously reported, in June 2020, Judge Wallace E. Harrell of Glynn County Magistrate Court ruled that enough probable cause exists to uphold …
Jurors have been selected for the upcoming Georgia murder trial in connection with the death of Ahmaud Arbery, despite protests from the prosecution. Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley ruled this week that the 11 White jurors and 1 Black juror will take seats as jurors for the trial of three men accused of murdering 25-year-old …
Defense attorneys in the Ahmaud Arbery case are requesting to remove a piece of evidence that prosecutors consider an important and crucial part of the case. Attorneys representing Greg and Travis McMichael are asking a judge to stop any showing of a Georgia state flag vanity license plate that was attached to Travis McMichael’s pickup truck. The …
