{"id":118021,"date":"2024-10-25T01:16:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T18:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118021"},"modified":"2024-10-25T01:16:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T18:16:47","slug":"georgia-men-who-killed-ahmaud-arbery-want-a-new-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118021","title":{"rendered":"Georgia men who killed Ahmaud Arbery want a new trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) \u2014 Three white men serving life in prison for murder after chasing and killing <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ahmaud-arbery\">Ahmaud Arbery<\/a><\/span> in 2020 returned to court Thursday to ask a judge for a new trial.<\/p>\n<p>Attorneys for Greg McMichael, his son Travis McMichael, and their former neighbor William \u201cRoddie\u201d Bryan began making a range of arguments for a new trial, from a tainted jury to ineffective counsel for one of the men. Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley, who was the judge in their <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ahmaud-arbery-georgia-brunswick-f2549024973cdcc757c02bd0a07bf5cf\">2021 murder trial<\/a><\/span> and handed down <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ahmaud-arbery-georgia-race-and-ethnicity-sentencing-savannah-0d1a8ed25f1a075844160f253a9d0535\">their sentences<\/a><\/span>, set aside up to two days to hear their legal motions. <\/p>\n<p>The McMichaels armed themselves with guns and jumped in a pickup truck to chase Arbery, a <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/life-of-ahmaud-arbery-e869ad7dc4ae6b86635507d412e63319\">25-year-old Black man,<\/a><\/span> after they saw him run past their house on Feb. 23, 2020, in a subdivision outside the port city of Brunswick. Bryan joined the pursuit in his own truck and recorded cellphone video of Travis McMichael firing shotgun blasts at close range into Arbery, who fell fatally wounded in the street.<\/p>\n<p>Travis McMichael\u2019s attorney, Pete Donaldson, told the judge Thursday he plans to present testimony showing one of the trial jurors \u201cconcealed his bias in favor of the Arbery family\u201d when he was questioned during jury selection.<\/p>\n<div data-module=\"\" data-module-trackunsubscribe=\"\" class=\"PageListEnhancementGeneric Enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<p><bsp-list-loadmore data-module=\"\" class=\"PageListStandardB\" data-gtm-region=\"RELATED COVERAGE\" data-gtm-topic=\"No Value\" data-hide-dates=\"true\" 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He said the juror said he prayed after the final jury was selected and he was the only Black member of the panel. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt like the weight of the whole Black race was on my shoulders,\u201d Donaldson quoted the juror as saying.<\/p>\n<p>Walmsley said he would allow the juror to testify, with limitations. The judge said the man would be prohibited from discussing any jury deliberations, which are shielded as private by law.<\/p>\n<p>No arrests were made in Arbery\u2019s killing for more than two months, until Bryan\u2019s cellphone video leaked online and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation took over the case from police. Arbery\u2019s death became part of a broader reckoning on racial injustice in the criminal legal system along with the police killings of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky. <\/p>\n<p>Defense attorneys argued during the Georgia trial that the armed pursuit was justified because the McMichaels and Bryan suspected Arbery was a thief and sought to detain him for police. Travis McMichael testified that he opened fire in self-defense when Arbery attacked with his fists. Police found no evidence Arbery had stolen anything or committed other crimes in the neighborhood. <\/p>\n<p>Greg McMichael\u2019s lawyer, Jerry Chappell, said he was supporting Donaldson\u2019s effort to question the verdict\u2019s fairness.<\/p>\n<p>Bryan\u2019s lawyer, Rodney Zell, argued that his client\u2019s trial attorney was ineffective, particularly when he allowed Bryan to be interviewed twice by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation before his arrest. Bryan\u2019s voluntary statements about how he and the McMichaels maneuvered their pickup trucks to cut off Arbery\u2019s escape were used against all three defendants during the trial.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Gough, Bryan\u2019s trial attorney, said on the witness stand Thursday that he made \u201ca gamble in cooperating with the GBI\u201d in hopes that authorities would declare Bryan a witness and not a suspect. He said some of Bryan\u2019s statements to investigators \u201cmight in retrospect have not have looked so good.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was never a legally binding agreement for Mr. Bryan\u2019s cooperation,\u201d Gough said. \u201cAnd Mr. Bryan was very aware of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seeking a new trial marks a first step by the three defendants in challenging their murder convictions. Walmsley sentenced both McMichaels to life in prison without parole, while giving Bryan a chance of parole.<\/p>\n<p>The men were also convicted of <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ahmaud-arbery-crime-georgia-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-803abd74a4b8c4bc08cdc2f39b1d1a19\">federal hate crimes<\/a><\/span> in U.S. District Court after a separate trial in February 2022. The jury concluded the trio targeted Arbery because he was Black. Prosecutors presented two dozen <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ahmaud-arbery-crime-georgia-race-and-ethnicity-brunswick-2ada4d4164849c24cbb66e5b359cd0a8\">social media posts and text messages<\/a><\/span>, as well as witness testimony, that showed all three men used racist slurs or otherwise disparaged Black people.<\/p>\n<p>The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in March from attorneys asking the court to <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ahmaud-arbery-hate-crimes-appeals-11th-circuit-c383227515ab86f8c424d0cdf0d5d8d9\">overturn the hate crimes verdict<\/a><\/span>. 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