Breaking: Guilty murder verdicts for the 3 defendants in the killing of the Ahmaud Arbery.
New: Guilty murder verdicts for the 3 defendants in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.
The verdict applies “felony murder” law — a murder occurring while committing another felony.
The verdict applies “felony murder” law — a murder occurring while committing another felony.
Note the charges and arrest of Arbery’s killers only came *after* a video came out of the killing.
Today the jury finds it was murder — originally, the authorities did *not even charge* it as a case.
Today the jury finds it was murder — originally, the authorities did *not even charge* it as a case.
Even getting to a trial for the Arbery killing, let alone a verdict, required:
- overcoming a (now indicted) cover-up
- the public pressure of a damning video
- changing the authorities in charge of the case
arimelber.substack.com/p/guilty-verdi…
- overcoming a (now indicted) cover-up
- the public pressure of a damning video
- changing the authorities in charge of the case
arimelber.substack.com/p/guilty-verdi…
So as a factual, legal and practical matter:
The system set an extraordinarily high bar to get to a trial of Arbery's killers.
The system set an extraordinarily high bar to get to a trial of Arbery's killers.
That factual history is important for any attempts at sweeping interpretations ("takes") on what this case shows about the justice system.
The rule of law asks that people respect a valid jury process, (separate from agreeing with outcomes).
Then there's the broader *policy* question:
Is this justice system is working fairly -- or is it *discriminating* on what makes it to a jury in the first place?
Then there's the broader *policy* question:
Is this justice system is working fairly -- or is it *discriminating* on what makes it to a jury in the first place?
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