(06-07-2020, 08:13 PM)jj82284 Wrote:

(06-07-2020, 08:01 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: The News4Jax summary of the court case was completely damning for the 3 defendants. The showed the map of the neighborhood and the movements of the victim and the two vehicles and it's obvious why the prosecution is going for elevated charges. There were numerous opportunities for the murderers to back off and they did not, the evidence that the defendants struck the victim with their moving vehicles gives Arbery a legitimate "feared for my life" reason to physically engage the murderers once he couldn't run away from them (which he did several times in the chase), the timing of the gunshots that show the shooter actually shot him at the initiation of the fight, and yes JIB, the recorded use of racial epithets after the altercation which clearly contributes to motive. They maliciously killed that guy and should go to jail for decades as a result.

I thought that it was testimony not an actual recording, but either way these guys are toast.  At this point i would say there is a greater chance of Georgia repealing the CA law than these guys being able to use it as a viable defense given the facts surrounding the case and the PR (jurors come from somewhere) associated with the use of racial epithets.  

I am praying for a plea bargain.

It was testimony, which hopefully was given at the scene or in interviews immediately afterwards. If it was after the media circus then you can't believe any of it. I doubt the prosecutor will offer a plea deal. There is no way they get a fair trial if they are innocent. They are already convicted and even if someone wants to find them not guilty, I don't see a way a juror would risk being exposed for voting not guilty.

I've been a juror with a bunch of liberals who didn't want to convict the guy of breaking in and attacking a woman with her 2 kids in the house because they were arguing and she stabbed him during the fight. He also went and took the younger kid to the bus stop because she had fled with her other kid who saw the fight. The DA overcharged kidnapping, the police didn't do much investigation, and she was a deadbeat who already wanted him back. All but 1 other woman said they didn't want to send him to jail for a bunch of years, not that he was not guilty.

This will be the opposite and they will be guilty no matter what the evidence says. As more evidence comes out it does look like they won't be able to use citizens arrest law, but even if they are able to it won't matter.

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