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‘Unite the Right’ trial jurors hear closings in Virginia
‘Unite the Right’ trial jurors hear closings in Virginia

By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. (AP) — Lawyers for nine people hurt during the 2017 “Unite The Right” rally in Charlottesville told a jury Thursday that white nationalists “planned, executed and then celebrated” racially motivated violence that killed one counterprotester and injured dozens more. Their arguments in U.S. District Court in […] More

November 18, 2021

Shooter admits Ahmaud Arbery didn’t threaten him
Shooter admits Ahmaud Arbery didn’t threaten him

By RUSS BYNUM and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The man who killed Ahmaud Arbery testified Thursday that Arbery did not speak, show a weapon or threaten him in any way before he raised his shotgun and pointed it at the 25-year-old Black man. Under cross-examination by the prosecution on his second […] More

November 18, 2021

Rittenhouse lawyers ask judge to declare mistrial over video
Rittenhouse lawyers ask judge to declare mistrial over video

By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorneys asked the judge to declare a mistrial even as the jury in the murder case was deliberating Wednesday, saying the defense received an inferior copy of a potentially crucial video from prosecutors.    Judge Bruce Schroeder did […] More

November 17, 2021

Defenses begin in trial over killing of Ahmaud Arbery
Defenses begin in trial over killing of Ahmaud Arbery

Defense lawyers were expected to build on arguments that their clients were lawfully trying to stop burglaries in their neighborhood as they began presenting their case Wednesday in the murder trial of three white men for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. More

November 17, 2021