Given extensive pretrial publicity, U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood ordered roughly 1,000 jury duty notices to be mailed to residents across 43 Georgia counties.
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Bomb threats made to historically Black colleges across U.S.
Monday’s bomb scares came 1 day before the start of Black History Month and less than a month after a series of bomb threats were made to multiple historically Black universities on Jan. 4.
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Judge rejects plea deal on hate-crime charge for man who killed Ahmaud Arbery
Arbery’s mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, asked the judged to reject the deal and described the U.S. Justice Department’s decision to propose it as ‘disrespectful.’
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Prosecutors show video of George Floyd’s last day during ex-officers’ trial
Three former Minneapolis police officers are accused of violating Floyd’s civil rights as fellow officer Derek Chauvin killed him.
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Attorney for 3 officers charged in George Floyd killing says Chauvin called ‘all of the shots’
Prosecutors accused the men of standing by as fellow Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin ‘slowly killed George Floyd right in front of them.’
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Three killers of Ahmaud Arbery get life in prison; no parole for father, son
Next month, they face a second trial, in U.S. District Court on federal hate crime charges.
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No verdict yet in Minnesota officer’s trial for Daunte Wright’s death
The mostly white jury began deliberating shortly before 1 p.m. and quit for the day around 6 p.m. without reaching a verdict.
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Derek Chauvin pleads guilty to federal charge in George Floyd’s killing
Since a federal sentence will run at the same time as his state sentence, he will likely spend 21 years in prison.
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Collecting $26 million jury judgment against white nationalists may be tough
Many of the defendants are in prison or in hiding, and most of the defendants claim they will never have the money needed to pay off the judgments against them.
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All 3 defendants found guilty of murdering Ahmaud Arbery
The Georgia men face minimum sentences of life in prison. It is up to the judge to decide whether that comes with or without the possibility of parole.