Prosecutors accused defense attorneys of disproportionately cutting qualified black jurors because of their race
A mostly-white jury will decide the fate of the three white men accused in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery three white men accused in the shooting death of black man Ahmaud ArberyThe two-and-a-half-week selection process ended with prosecutors for the state accusing defense attorneys of disproportionately cutting qualified black jurors because of their race.‘This court has found that there appears to be intentional discrimination,’ Walmsley said Wednesday.
Outside the courthouse, Arbery’s mother Wanda Cooper-Jones called the jury’s racial makeup ‘devastating’. Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley said Georgia law prevents him from intervening with jury selection But Laura Hogue, an attorney for Greg, insisted the panelists who were cut were scrapped for other reasons, namely for expressing strong opinions about the case when questioned individually.Ahmaud Arbery’s mother described the racial makeup of the jury in her son’s death as ‘devastating’ but still hoped they had the ability to ‘make the right decision’
The jury of 12, as well as four alternates, will be seated and sworn in on Friday, the same day opening statements in the murder trial are expected. Walmsley did not say the races of the alternate jurors.
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