Fast start to jury selection in Arbery death federal trial

By RUSS BYNUM
Associated Press

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Jury selection is off to a fast start in the federal hate crimes trial of the three men already convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood deemed 30 of 52 potentials jurors questioned Monday at the courthouse in Brunswick, Georgia, to be qualified to stay in the jury pool. The judge predicted a final jury will be seated next Monday. Most of the questioning to determine whether jury pool members could serve impartially occurred outside the courtroom and out of public view. Greg and Travis McMichael and their neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, are charged with chasing and killing Arbery because he was Black.