佐治亚州的一个陪审团正在商议三名白人男子的命运，他们被指控用他们的皮卡困住艾哈迈德·阿贝里，并向他开枪致命伤。

“你的誓言要求你根据证据来决定这个案子，”法官蒂莫西·沃尔姆斯利在让陪审团开始审议之前告诉陪审团。

佐治亚州科布县助理地方检察官琳达·杜尼可斯基(Linda Dunikoski)被任命为格林县案件的特别检察官，她花了两个小时反驳了三名被告律师周一的结案陈词，陪审团随后接手了这起案件。

由11名白人和一名黑人组成的陪审团周一听取了对这起种族指控案件中相同证据的截然不同的总结。杜尼可斯基声称，被告追捕并谋杀了阿贝里，因为他们错误地认为，在他们附近奔跑的黑人犯了入室盗窃罪，而辩护律师反驳说，阿贝里在反抗一名公民的逮捕时是出于自卫被枪杀的。

35岁的美国海岸警卫队老兵特拉维斯·麦克迈克尔;他的父亲格雷戈里·麦克迈克尔(Gregory McMichael)今年65岁，是格林郡的一名退休警官，他们的邻居、53岁的威廉·罗迪·布莱恩(William“Roddie”Bryan)如果被判所有罪名成立，每人将面临最高无期徒刑。

被告对一项包括恶意谋杀、多项重罪谋杀指控、非法监禁、用12口径猎枪进行严重袭击以及用他们的皮卡车进行严重袭击在内的9项州指控不认罪。

麦克迈克尔一家和布莱恩一家也在4月份被指控犯有联邦仇恨罪，他们都表示不服罪。

陪审团今晚回家了

经过周二六个多小时的商议，陪审团被送回家中过夜。

蒂莫西·沃尔姆斯利法官在询问陪审团前成员陪审团的进展后，将陪审团送回了家。

“我们正在努力达成一项裁决，”陪审团的前手告诉沃尔姆斯利。

当沃尔姆斯利被问及判决是否迫在眉睫时，前一个人说，“此时此刻，我认为打破常规是最好的选择。”

前一个人回去和其他陪审员商量，他们最初说他们想继续工作。但几分钟后，沃尔姆斯利把陪审团叫到法庭，告诉陪审团这是休息一天的好时机，并让他们回家。

审议将于星期三上午8时30分恢复。

法官给陪审团最后的指示

法官蒂莫西·沃尔姆斯利宣读了陪审团的最终指示，并向陪审团解释了法律和每一项指控，然后让陪审团去审议他们的判决。

沃尔姆斯利告诉陪审团，他们必须达成一致的裁决，排除合理的怀疑，并解释说，这并不意味着“毫无疑问”或“数学的确定性”。

他提醒陪审团，被告都对指控不认罪，举证责任完全在控方。

沃尔姆斯利说，较轻的指控只能考虑对威廉“罗德迪”布莱恩。他说，对布莱恩的较轻指控是简单的袭击、鲁莽行为和鲁莽驾驶。

“你们每个人都必须自己决定这个案子，”沃尔姆斯利说。

检察官在特拉维斯·麦克迈克尔的证词中找出漏洞

检察官琳达·杜尼可斯基(Linda Dunikoski)向陪审团建议，特拉维斯和格雷格·麦克迈克尔(Greg McMichael)对艾哈迈德·阿贝里(Ahmaud Arbery)感到愤怒，因为他无视他们在追捕过程中停在他身边的呼吁。

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艾哈迈德·阿贝里的家人听着检察官在审判前做出最后的反驳..

杜尼可斯基抨击了特拉维斯·麦克迈克尔的证词，指出了不一致之处，并声称她所指控的是为审判编造的。

杜尼可斯基说，在枪击发生当天，特拉维斯·麦克迈克尔和他的父亲都没有告诉警方，他们试图对阿尔贝里进行刑事逮捕，因为他们认为他在他们附近的一所正在建设的房子里犯了入室盗窃罪。

检察官引用了特拉维斯·麦克迈克尔的证词，他认为他的父亲在他们开始追捕阿贝里之前已经拨打了911。

“有人相信吗?”杜尼可斯基问道，暗示调度员会让格雷格·麦克迈克尔保持在线以获得更多信息。

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格雷格·麦克迈克尔(中)在他的审判和hi审判的休庭期间坐在法庭上..

她嘲笑特拉维斯·麦克迈克尔在证人席上的说法，即他不知道他的父亲在他们追赶他时对阿尔贝里大喊了什么，包括所谓的威胁要射杀阿尔贝里的声明。

她说特拉维斯·麦克迈克尔的证词充满了“可能”和假设，包括阿贝里可能犯了罪，他可能被抓住了。

“这些都是可能。他什么都不知道，”杜尼可斯基说。

Dunikoski还在Travis McMichael的说法中戳了几个洞，他声称自己在追捕过程中与Arbery平静地交谈，试图让他停下来，回答关于他在他们附近做什么的问题。

"你相信有一分钟他在和阿哈默德·阿贝里轻声说话吗?"杜尼可斯基问陪审团。

她打了一个911电话，是特拉维斯·麦克迈克尔在阿贝里走投无路后打的，她上气不接下气地报告了他的紧急情况:“一名黑人男子正在街上奔跑。”在电话的背景中，有人听到格雷格·麦克迈克尔对阿贝里大喊:“停下。该死的。停下来。”

检察官结束了她的反驳论点，告诉陪审团被告都是“犯罪的一方”，并要求陪审团对他们的所有指控定罪

辩护律师呼吁无效审判

当检察官琳达·杜尼可斯基继续反驳时，格雷格和特拉维斯·麦克迈克尔的辩护律师多次反对，指责杜尼可斯基谎报了与公民逮捕有关的法律。

在一名辩护律师要求在陪审团面前进行无效审判后，沃尔姆斯利法官将陪审团赶出了法庭。

沃尔姆斯利似乎对杜尼可斯基反驳的所有打断感到沮丧，他说，“我喜欢完成结案陈词。”

沃尔姆斯利否认了无效审判的动议，他告诉律师们，“我表示法律将会提供给陪审团。我已经表明了法院对法律的立场。”

Ahmaud Arbery death trial live updates: Jury continues deliberations

A Georgia jury is deliberating the fates of three white men charged with trapping Ahmaud Arbery with their pickup trucks and fatally shooting him.

"Your oath requires that you will decide this case based on the evidence," Judge Timothy Walmsley told the jury before sending the panel off to begin their deliberations.

The jury got the case after Linda Dunikoski, the Cobb County, Georgia, assistant district attorney appointed as a special prosecutor in the Glynn County case, took two hours to rebut the closing arguments made on Monday by attorneys for the three defendants.

The jury, comprised of 11 white people and one Black person, heard wildly different summations on Monday of the same evidence in the racially-charged case. Dunikoski alleged the defendants pursued and murdered Arbery because of wrong assumptions they made that the Black man running through their neighborhood had committed a burglary, while defense attorneys countered that Arbery was shot in self-defense when he resisted a citizen's arrest.

Travis McMichael, the 35-year-old U.S. Coast Guard veteran; his father, Gregory McMichael, 65, a retired Glynn County police officer, and their neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan, 53, each face maximum sentences of life in prison if convicted on all the charges.

The defendants have pleaded not guilty to a nine-count state indictment that includes malice murder, multiple charges of felony murder, false imprisonment, aggravated assault with a 12-gauge shotgun and aggravated assault with their pickup trucks.

The McMichaels and Bryan were also indicted on federal hate crime charges in April and have all pleaded not guilty.

After more than six hours of deliberations on Tuesday, the jury was sent home for the night.

Judge Timothy Walmsley sent the panel home after questioning the jury foreperson about the jury's progress.

"We are in the process of working to reach a verdict," the jury foreperson told Walmsley.

When Walmsley asked if a verdict was imminent, the foreperson said, "At this moment, I think breaking for the day would be the best option."

The foreperson went back and conferred with the other jurors, who initially said they wanted to keep working. But minutes later, Walmsley called the jury into the courtroom and told the panel it was a good time to break for the day and sent them home.

Deliberations will resume at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday.

Judge Timothy Walmsley read the jury final instructions and explained the law and each charge to the jury before sending the panel off to deliberate their verdicts.

Walmsley told the jury that they must reach a unanimous verdict beyond a reasonable doubt, explaining that does not mean "beyond all doubt" or to a "mathematical certainty."

He reminded the jury that the defendants have all pleaded not guilty to the charges and that the burden of proof is solely on the prosecution.

Walmsley said that lesser charges could only be considered against William "Roddie" Bryan. He said the lesser charges against Bryan are simple assault, reckless conduct and reckless driving.

"Each of you must decide this case for yourself," Walmsley said.

Prosecutor Linda Dunikoski suggested to the jury that Travis and Greg McMichael became angry at Ahmaud Arbery after he ignored their calls to stop when they pulled up alongside him during the pursuit.

Dunikoski attacked the testimony of Travis McMichael, pointing out inconsistencies and claims she alleged were concocted for the trial.

Dunikoski said neither Travis McMichael nor his father told police on the day of the shooting that they were trying to place Arbery under criminal arrest because they believed he had committed a burglary at a home under construction in their neighborhood.

The prosecutor cited Travis McMichael's testimony that he thought his father had called 911 before they set out to chase Arbery.

"Does anybody believe that?" asked Dunikoski, suggesting that a dispatcher would have kept Greg McMichael on the line to get more information.

She scoffed at Travis McMichael's claim on the witness stand that he didn't know what his father yelled at Arbery as they chased him, including the alleged statement threatening to shoot Arbery.

She said Travis McMichael's testimony was full of "maybes" and assumptions, including that Arbery may have committed a crime, that maybe he was caught.

"These are all maybes. He doesn't know anything," Dunikoski said.

Dunikoski also poked holes in Travis McMichael's claim that he spoke to Arbery calmly during the pursuit, trying to get him to stop and answer questions about what he was doing in their neighborhood.

"Do you believe for a minute he was talking softly to Ahmaud Arbery?" Dunikoski asked the jury.

She played a 911 call Travis McMichael made after Arbery was cornered, and breathlessly reported his emergency that "A Black male was running down the street." In the background of the call, Greg McMichael was heard yelling at Arbery, "Stop. Goddammit. Stop."

The prosecutor wrapped up her rebuttal argument by telling the jury the defendants are all "parties to the crime" and asked the panel to convict them on all charges

As prosecutor Linda Dunikoski continued her rebuttal argument, defense attorneys for Greg and Travis McMichael objected several times, accusing Dunikoski of misstating the law that pertains to citizen's arrest.

After one of the defense attorneys called for a mistrial in front of the jury, Judge Walmsley sent the panel out of the courtroom.

Walmsley appeared frustrated at all the interruptions to Dunikoski's rebuttal, saying, "I like to get the closing arguments done."

Walmsley denied the motion for a mistrial, telling the attorneys, "I indicated the law is going to be provided to the panel. I've indicated the court's position with respect to the law."