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A jury has been selected in the trial for the men accused of murder in Ahmaud Arbery's death. Only 1 juror is Black - CNN
A jury has been selected in the trial for the men accused of murder in Ahmaud Arbery's death. Only 1 juror is Black - CNN
After a long and contentious jury selection process in a coastal Georgia county in preparation for the trial for Ahmaud Arbery's killing, a panel of 12 people has been chosen.
The jury, consisting of 11 White members and one Black member, was selected Wednesday evening after a two-and-a-half-week selection process that ended with prosecutors for the state accusing defense attorneys of disproportionately striking qualified Black jurors and basing some of their strikes on race.
The court heard arguments for more than two hours on the merits of why defense struck the potential jurors before Judge Timothy Walmsley ultimately denied the state's motion and ruled there were valid reasons, beyond race, for why the jurors were dismissed.
Of the 16 total jurors selected -- including the four alternates -- there are five men and 11 women, according to the pool reporter inside the courtroom.
The group must decide whether Gregory McMichael and his son, Travis McMichael, along with their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan Jr., are guilty of malice and felony murder. They have pleaded not guilty. The defendants also face charges of aggravated assault, false imprisonment and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment.
Lee Merritt, an attorney for Arbery's family, wrote on Twitter about the number of Black potential jurors who remained, saying in a post, "Only one of the 16 potential jurors is African-American."