CNN — After two and a half weeks of jury selection, the state trial for three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia begins Friday. The indictment charged the McMichaels with malice and felony murder charges in Arbery’s death, according to the Cobb County district attorney. George Barnhill, district attorney of the Waycross Judicial Circuit, then took over the …
SAVANNAH, Ga. — A Georgia prosecutor who was criticized for her office’s response to the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery has been ousted by voters, who elected an independent candidate who had to collect thousands of signatures to get on the ballot. District Attorney Jackie Johnson, a Republican, lost her reelection bid Tuesday after serving a decade as the top …
