Judge strikes Juror 219. Furious with what he called attorney Kevin Gough's "cross examination" of woman who posted TikTok videos tagged #AhmaudArbery. Says she left court shaking her head. "It can start alienating people, some of it can really start pushing people‘s buttons"
JUDGE: "I’m watching that and in good conscience I can’t put her back on the panel. ...and I can tell just from the way she was reacting that she starting to get very worn down by it."
Juror 219 was a white woman who said, “If I’m chosen, I understand my responsibility is to come in with no opinion [and a] presumption of innocence … to seek truth as to whether or not there is guilt or innocence.” @FCN2go
@FCN2go Prosecutor Linda Dunikoski is also angry, says defense attorney Gough used the opportunity to re-interview Juror 219 essentially as a preemptory strike. She asks that it count as one. Judge denies. @FCN2go
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1/4 This thread shows a key change in the language of the jury instructions on Citizen's Arrest, which dominated Friday's charge conference. Up first is the language the state wanted:
2/4 "A private citizen’s warrantless arrest must occur immediately after the perpetration of the offense. If the observer fails to make the arrest immediately after the commission of the offense his power to do so is extinguished, and subsequent arrest is illegal."
3/4 This is the language the judge chose: "A private citizen’s warrantless arrest must occur immediately after the perpetration of the offense, or in the case of felonies during escape."