2 days ago · BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A judge Wednesday threw out a felony indictment against a former Georgia prosecutor, ending her trial on charges that she abused her power by trying to protect the men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in 2020.. Former District Attorney Jackie Johnson for years denied influencing police who initially decided against making arrests when Arbery was fatally shot in ...

On February 23, 2020, Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black man, was murdered during a racially motivated hate crime [b] while jogging in Satilla Shores, a neighborhood near Brunswick in Glynn County, Georgia.

Jan 29, 2025 · Former District Attorney Jackie Johnson stands in the courtroom Tuesday, Jan. 21. 2025, as jury selection begins in her misconduct trial in Brunswick, Georgia. Johnson is charged with interfering in the police investigation of the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery. (Michael Hall/The Brunswick News via AP, Pool)

Jan 21, 2025 · Ex-Georgia prosecutor on trial in Ahmaud Arbery case Former district attorney Jackie Johnson is accused of interfering with the police investigation into the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery ...

Aug 8, 2022 · A federal judge in the Southern District of Georgia today sentenced Travis McMichael, 36, to life plus 10 years in prison; and his father Gregory McMichael, 66, to life plus seven years in prison; and William “Roddie” Bryan, 52, to 35 years in prison, for committing federal hate crimes and other offenses in connection with the killing of ...

Oct 24, 2024 · BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The only Black person who served on the jury that convicted three white men of murdering Ahmaud Arbery was called to the witness stand Thursday as defense attorneys sought to make a case that their clients deserve a new trial.

Feb 22, 2022 · Following a two-week trial, three Georgia men were convicted today by a federal jury in the Southern District of Georgia for committing hate crimes and attempting to kidnap Ahmaud Arbery, a young Black man who was jogging …

Aug 8, 2022 · A federal judge sentenced two Georgia men to life in prison on Aug. 8 for the pursuit and slaying of Ahmaud Arbery; a third man was sentenced to 35 years in prison.

May 21, 2020 · On February 23, 2020, Ahmaud Arbery was in the Satilla Shores neighborhood in Brunswick, GA when both Gregory and Travis McMichael confronted Arbery with two firearms. During the encounter, Travis McMichael shot and killed Arbery.

Jan 7, 2022 · Three White men who chased and murdered 25-year-old Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery in south Georgia were sentenced to life in prison Friday, with two having no chance of parole.