The material on this page is a collection of reporting on the trial of Travis and Gregory McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. It is updated daily.

Three Men Are Found Guilty of Hate Crimes in Arbery Killing Tariro Mzezewa, Audra D. S. Burch, and Richard Fausset, New York Times

Ahmaud Arbery’s killers found guilty of federal hate crimes, may face additional life sentence N’dea Yancey-Bragg and Raisa Habersham, USA Today

“He will now begin to rest in power”: parents of Ahmaud Arbery celebrate verdict in hate crimes case Benjamin Payne, GPB

How a Plea Deal in the Arbery Hate Crime Case Unraveled Richard Fausset and Shaila Dewan, New York Times

Greg McMichael reverses plan to plead guilty to a hate crime in Ahmaud Arbery’s death NPR

Federal prosecutors saw a plea deal for Arbery’s killers as racial justice. His family thought otherwise. David Nakamura, Washington Post

Judge rejects plea deal for man who killed Ahmaud Arbery Russ Bynum, AP News

‘We want 100% justice’: Judge rejects plea deal with man who killed Ahmaud Arbery N’dea Yancey-Bragg, Christal Hayes, and Raisa Habersham, USA Today

Prosecutors Strike Hate-Crime Plea Deals in Ahmaud Arbery Killing Richard Fausset, New York Times

Cop Who Called Ahmaud Arbery’s Killing ‘The Death Penalty’ Is Allowed To Resign Instead Of Being Fired Bruce C. T. Wright, NewsOne

Family of Ahmaud Arbery wants racial justice as murderers face new trial Rich McKay, Reuters

Three Men Sentenced to Life in Prison in Arbery Killing Richard Fausset, New York Times

Father, son sentenced to life without parole in Arbery murder Shabbi Abusaid, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

When Black Men Meet White Communities Rashawn Ray, Politico

The non-victory victory in the Ahmaud Arbery case Erin Aubry Kaplan, Los Angeles Times

What the Arbery and Rittenhouse Trials Can’t Do for America Joseph Margulies, Politico Magazine

Justice for Ahmaud Arbery Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker

Guilty, Guilty, Guilty Charles M. Blow, New York Times

Ahmaud Arbery’s Murderers Now Face Life in Prison Nicole Lewis and Jeremy Stahl, Slate

How a Prosecutor Addressed a Mostly White Jury and Won a Conviction in the Arbery Case Richard Fausset, New York Times

The Legal Uses of Blackness Zak Cheney-Rice, New York Magazine

Justice prevailed in the trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers. In America, that’s a shock Moustafa Bayoumi, The Guardian

The System Only Worked Because It Was Pushed Adam Serwer, The Atlantic

The uncomfortable truths hidden inside the Ahmaud Arbery verdict Brakkton Booker, Politico

Kyle Rittenhouse, Ahmaud Arbery Cases Show Connection Between Vigilantism and Police Toella Pliakas, Teen Vogue

Ahmaud Arbery trial verdict: Jury deliberations continue Washington Post

Why Are the McMichaels So Scared? Nicole Lewis, Slate

Jury gets case of white men charged in Ahmaud Arbery’s death Russ Bynum, AP News

Defense attorneys blame Ahmaud Arbery for his own death during closing arguments Kayla Goggin, Courthouse News Service

Lawyers Clash Over Whether Pursuit of Arbery Was Justified Richard Fausset, Tariro Mzezewa, and Rick Rojas, New York Times

For Black residents of Ahmaud Arbery’s hometown, trust in the justice system is on trial alongside his accused killers Dakin Andone, CNN

For Arbery’s Family and Friends, a Time of Anguish and Activism Tariro Mzezewa, New York Times

Outside court, Ahmaud Arbery’s killing is a racial justice issue. Inside, the trial skirts race. Margaret Coker and Hannah Knowles, Washington Post

Behavior of attorney representing man accused of killing Arbery shows systemic racism in court Rachel K. Paulose, USA Today

Why Kyle Rittenhouse Is a Right-Wing Hero and Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers Are Not Molly Osberg, New Republic

Georgia man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery tells jury he was in a ‘life-or-death situation’ N’dea Yancey-Bragg, Raisha Habersham, and Grace Hauck, USA Today

When Everything Is “Self-Defense” Dahlia Lithwick, Slate

Judge Rejects Call for Mistrial in Case Against Men Accused of Killing Arbery Richard Fausset and Tariro Mzezewa, New York Times

‘Chased down’ and killed: Trial over Arbery’s death reveals ‘painful’ similarity to case that launched BLM N’dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today

“Blackness Itself Is the Crime”: Bishop William Barber on Racism in the Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial Democracy Now!

Can Self-Defense Laws Stand Up to a Country Awash in Guns? Shaila Dewan, New York Times

White Supremacy on Trial: From Rittenhouse in Kenosha to Killers of Ahmaud Arbery, Will They Go Free? Democracy Now!

Judges in Arbery, Rittenhouse cases frustrated as they work to maintain fair trials Bill Hutchinson, ABC News

Attorney: No more ‘Black pastors’ in court for Arbery case Russ Bynum, AP News

Ahmaud Arbery and the case for getting rid of citizen’s arrests Fabiola Cineas, Vox

In Trial of Men Accused of Arbery Murder, Jurors Consider Security Videos Richard Fausset and Tariro Mzezewa, New York Times

In Trial Opening, Two Starkly Different Views of Ahmaud Arbery’s Death Richard Fausset and Tariro Mzezewa, New York Times

The nearly all-White jury in the Ahmaud Arbery trial is itself an injustice Paul Butler, Washington Post

Race will be central to these two murder trials. But the jurors are nearly all White Washington Post Editorial Board

With a jury now in place, the murder trial in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery begins today Christina Maxouris, CNN

Nearly all-White jury in Arbery killing highlights long-standing fears of racial bias in jury selection Silvia Foster-Frau and Hannah Knowles, Washington Post

Let’s Compare the Kyle Rittenhouse Trial to That of the Men Accused of Murdering Ahmaud Arbery Charles P. Pierce, Esquire

The Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial Is Already Getting Ugly Pilar Melendez, Daily Beast

11 white jurors, 1 Black man seated in Arbery murder trial Shaddi Abusaid and Bill Rankin, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

‘Complicated jury selection’ ends with ‘intentional discrimination’ at Ahmaud Arbery death trial: Only 1 Black person to hear case N’dea Yancey-Bragg and Raisa Habersham, USA Today

The Trial Over Ahmaud Arbery’s Killing New York Times

Attorneys In Ahmaud Arbery Case Will Use A Civil War-Era Georgia Law To Defend His Killers Kevin L. Clark, Essence

Ahmaud Arbery, Race and ‘Amateur Policing’ Kalfani Turè, Kayla Preito-Hodge, and Senaida Sharif, The Crime Report

Era of public outrage isn’t over as two white-vigilante trials get underway Editorial Board, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

As the Trial in Ahmaud Arbery’s Killing Nears, a Community Is on Edge Tariro Mzezewa, New York Times

Kyle Rittenhosue trial, Ahmaud Arbery case both expected to hinge on video Bill Hutchinson, ABC News

How Ahmaud Arbery’s Accused Murderers Could Still Get Off Pilar Melendez, Daily Beast


Jury Duty — Season 3

Trailer Premiere — Season 3 of Jury Duty: The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery

Episode 1: The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery: Probable Cause — Part 1

Episode 2: The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery: Probable Cause — Part 2

Episode 3: The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery: Probable Cause — Part 3

Episode 4: The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery: Probable Cause — Part 4

Episode 5:The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery: Probable Cause — Part 5

Episode 6: Juror Exclusion On The Basis Of Race — Part 1

Episode 7: Juror Exclusion On The Basis Of Race — Part 2

Episode 8: Prosecutor’s Opening — Part 1

Episode 9: Prosecutor’s Opening — Part 2

Bonus 1: Defense Attorney: “We Don’t Want Any More Black Pastors Coming In Here”

Episode 10: Defense Opening — Part 1

Episode 11: Defense Opening — Part 2

Episode 12: Defense Opening— Part 3

Episode 13: Travis McMichael Testifies— Direct Examination Part 1

Episode 14: Travis McMichael Testifies— Direct Examination Part 2

Episode 15: Travis McMichael Testifies— Direct Examination Part 3

Episode 16: Travis McMichael Testifies— Direct Examination Part 4

Bonus 2: Citizen’s Arrest and 21st Century Lynchings

Episode 17: Travis McMichael Testifies— Cross Examination Part 1

Episode 18: Verdict

Episode 19: Travis McMichael Testifies— Cross Examination Part 2

Episode 20: Travis McMichael Testifies— Cross Examination Part 3

Episode 21: Travis McMichael Testifies— Re-Direct and Paul Butler Analysis

Episode 22: The State Begins To Call Witnesses

Episode 23: The First Interview With Greg McMichael

Episode 24: Interview With Georgia Radio Host And Political Activist — Dr. Rashad Richey

Episode 25: The Second Interview with Greg McMichael

Episode 26: The Third Interview With Greg McMichael And The 911 Calls

Episode 27: The Man Who Sparked The Fatal Pursuit

Episode 28: The William “Roddie” Bryan Interview

Episode 29: The Second and Third William “Roddie” Bryan Interviews

Episode 30: Trespass Reports

Episode 31: Forensics Experts

Episode 32: The State Rests

Episode 33: Defense Opening — Part 4

Episode 34: Neighborhood Witnesses— Part 1

Episode 35: Neighborhood Witnesses— Part 2

Episode 36: Prosecution Closing— Part 1

Episode 37: Prosecution Closing— Part 2

Bonus 3: Breaking News: Sentencing

Episode 38: Prosecution Closing— Part 3

Episode 39: Defense Closing— Part 1

Episode 40: Defense Closing— Part 2

Episode 41: Defense Closing— Part 3

Episode 42: Defense Closing— Part 4

Episode 43: Defense Closing— Part 5

Episode 44: Defense Closing— Part 6

Episode 45: Prosecutor’s Rebuttal Closing— Part 1

Episode 46: Prosecutor’s Rebuttal Closing— Part 2

Episode 47: Prosecutor’s Rebuttal Closing— Part 3

Episode 48: Prosecutor’s Rebuttal Closing — Part 4

Episode 49: Paul Butler on Closing Arguments – Part 1

Episode 50: Paul Butler on Closing Arguments – Part 2

Episode 51: The Sentencing Hearing — Part 1

Episode 52: The Sentencing Hearing — Part 2

Episode 53: The Sentencing Hearing — Part 3

Bonus 4: Breaking News: Judge Rejects Federal Hate Crimes Plea Deal

Episode 54: The Sentencing Hearing — Part 4

Episode 55: SEASON FINALE: The Sentencing Hearing — Part 5

Bonus 5: Federal Hate Crimes Trial Update with Hayley Mason

Bonus 6: Verdict in Hate Crimes Trial with Hayley Mason

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