With jury selection underway in a Georgia community of 85,000, it seems increasingly likely that some of the jurors who are ultimately chosen will have preconceived opinions on and personal ties to Ahmaud Arbery's killing.
“It’s the easiest time to get a change of venue,” said Don Samuel, an Atlanta defense attorney who is not involved in the case. “If half the people who are randomly picked are so biased they can’t even sit as jurors, you’re talking about a community that’s saturated by pretrial publicity.
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