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The killing of a young black man who was jogging in a Georgia town when he was shot dead has become a part of national debate A grand jury has returned indictments on the three suspects in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a young black man who was accosted and shot dead as he went for a jog in a Georgia town, US media...

George Barnhill eventually recused himself from Arbery caseProsecutions include woman wrongfully imprisoned for murderThe local prosecutor who argued two white men were legally justified in chasing down and killing Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed black man, has been at the center of aggressive and flawed prosecutions of at least two black women in recent years.One of the women was wrongfully imprisoned for over a decade...

‘Questions and concerns’ have arisen about actions of the district attorneys involved, says Georgia’s attorney generalThe Georgia prosecutors who first handled the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery before charges were filed more than two months later have been placed under investigation for their conduct in the case, which has prompted a national outcry.Georgia’s attorney general, Chris Carr, announced that he had asked the Georgia...

Keisha Lance Bottoms decries ‘lynching’ of 25-year-old manDemocrat criticises ‘rhetoric coming out of the White House’The Democratic mayor of Atlanta has called the death of Ahmaud Arbery, who was shot and killed by two white men in February, a “lynching”. Related: 'They lynched him': Ahmaud Arbery's father on the killing of his son Continue reading...

Marcus Arbery Sr says Ahmaud’s death at the hands of two white men, while he was out for a run, was an act of racismMarcus Arbery Sr says his son was just like him, fit and athletic. Related: ‘Every stone will be uncovered’: how Georgia officials failed the Ahmaud Arbery case Continue reading...

Recordings of 911 calls obtained by the Guardian provide details on the moments before a man was shot while jogging in GeorgiaAudio recordings of two 911 calls have shed further light on the final moments before Ahmaud Arbery was shot dead by two white men while jogging through a neighborhood just outside Brunswick, Georgia. Related: Ahmaud Arbery: anger mounts over killing of black jogger...