After 11 days, jury pool of 65 picked in Ahmaud Arbery slaying trial

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Testimony could statesman arsenic aboriginal arsenic Thursday

After 11 days, the magic fig of 64 jurors needed to determination guardant with the proceedings of 3 men accused of sidesplitting Ahmaud Arbery was reached connected Tuesday.

BRUNSWICK, Fla. – After 11 days, the magic fig of jurors needed to determination guardant with the proceedings of 3 men accused of sidesplitting Ahmaud Arbery was reached connected Tuesday.

Tuesday started with 60 imaginable jurors successful a excavation from which the last sheet of 12 jurors and 4 alternates would beryllium chosen. The tribunal acceptable a extremity of 64 to beforehand to the last signifier of assemblage enactment but really coiled up with 65 imaginable jurors that volition beryllium disposable for the last 16 spots erstwhile enactment continues Wednesday.

Testimony could statesman arsenic aboriginal arsenic Thursday.

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Arbery was changeable and killed connected Feb. 23, 2020. Cellphone video recorded by 1 of the defendants and leaked to the nationalist shows 2 equipped achromatic men successful a motortruck approaching Arbery arsenic helium ran down a thoroughfare successful the Satilla Shores neighborhood, of U.S. 17 southbound of Brunswick. One of the men, aboriginal identified arsenic Travis McMichael was holding a shotgun erstwhile helium confronted Arbery. During a conflict implicit the gun, Arbery was changeable and collapsed.

Travis McMichael, his begetter Gregory McMichael and William “Roddy” Bryan, who recorded the video, are each charged with execution successful Arbery’s death.

In the Glynn County courtroom, Ahmaud Arbery’s father, Marcus Arbery, and his mother, Wanda Cooper, continued to ticker and perceive during the laborious assemblage enactment process that’s present successful its 3rd week.

Day 11 of the proceedings began with Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley swearing successful different 20 imaginable jurors.

Kevin Gough said Tuesday helium whitethorn request to record a question to get much imaginable jurors due to the fact that according to him, the existent assemblage excavation does not look to correspond a assemblage of Bryan’s peers. Gough has not filed that question yet.

Another lawyer has accused Arbery supporters of talking to the imaginable jurors.

Robert Rubin represents Travis McMichael. Rubin said erstwhile helium went retired for luncheon helium saw members of the Transformative Justice Coalition talking to a imaginable juror and says determination is simply a video of it. Judge Walmsley said helium would measure the concern but encouraged the lawyer to not deliberation the worst.

Court is proceeding contempt it being Election Day successful Brunswick. The tribunal announced the tribunal volition besides conscionable connected Veterans Day, Nov. 11.

Jury enactment volition proceed to whittle down to 16 connected Wednesday greeting and opening arguments could statesman arsenic soon arsenic Thursday. Prosecutors told prospective jurors the proceedings could past done Nov. 17 -- the Friday earlier Thanksgiving.