1 day ago · Case dismissed against ex-DA in Ahmaud Arbery murder A Georgia judge has dismissed a felony case against former Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson. She was accused of ...

14 hours ago · Almost five years since Arbery’s killing, legal cases for those involved in the death investigation remain. Cooper-Jones filed a federal civil lawsuit in 2021 against those convicted of murdering Arbery, officers involved in the investigation, Johnson, and the former Waycross DA appointed to replace her as the case’s lead prosecutor.

1 day ago · “Ahmaud Arbery was slaughtered for no reason, and then Attorney General Carr piggybacked on the greatest tragedy in this county, our state, our country, the world, and indicted an innocent woman,” Steel told reporters gathered outside of the courtroom. ... Former DA Jackie Johnson cleared of wrongdoing in Arbery murder investigation ...

2 days ago · BRUNSWICK, Ga. - Jackie Johnson has decided to take the stand to testify at her trial. Johnson is the former Brunswick district attorney accused of meddling in the Ahmaud Arbery murder investigation.

Father and son Greg and Travis McMichael armed themselves with guns and used a pickup truck to chase Arbery after spotting the 25-year-old Black man running in their Georgia neighborhood on Feb ...

1 day ago · Johnson admitted speaking with him several times in the days and weeks after Arbery was killed, but denied offering him help. She said she told him her office was not going to be involved. Johnson had immediately recused herself from the case, and asked a neighboring DA, George Barnhill, to advise Glynn County police.

2 days ago · A Georgia judge has thrown out a felony case against former Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson who was on trial accused of hindering the police investigation into the murder of Ahmaud Arbery.. He was the Black jogger chased and killed by three white men on Feb. 23, 2020 — but no arrests were made until more than two months later after video of the crime came out.

Jan 21, 2025 · Former Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson -- seen here at a December 2024 hearing -- is accused of violating her oath of office and obstructing or hindering a law...

3 days ago · BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A judge on Monday ordered the acquittal of a former Georgia prosecutor on one of the two misconduct charges against her, ruling that prosecutors at her trial failed to present any evidence the she obstructed a police investigation of the 2020 killing of Ahmaud .Arbery.. The trial of former District Attorney Jackie Johnson was to continue Tuesday.

Nov 28, 2023 · SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A judge Tuesday refused to dismiss misconduct charges against a former Georgia prosecutor accused of hindering the investigation into the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery.