Friday on Political Rewind: Consequential updates to Georgia's political maps are moving through a special session of the state General Assembly. The Republican-controlled legislature is redrawing the boundaries of state and congressional legislatorial seats as part of a decennial process mandated by law.
When defense attorney Kevin Gough called for Black pastors to be barred from the courtroom in the trial of three men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, shock and outrage rippled across the country. But for people familiar with his courtroom style, it came as no surprise.
Georgia’s Southern Judicial District has been called the worst place in America to be poor and charged with a federal crime. The district lacks a full-time federal public defender's office, which advocates say leads to inadequate representation for indigent criminal defenders.
Blackman, who campaigned last year as a consumer advocate, is a former senior vice president for environmental affairs for Capitol Fortitude Business Advisors. A Columbus native, he has also served as chairman of the Georgia Chapter of the Sierra Club and board member for the ACLU.
As we head into the weekend, high school football playoffs continue. There's also drama off the field with schools quitting the Georgia High School Association over reclassification. GPB Sports' Jon Nelson speaks to All Things Considered host Rickey Bevington.
Closing arguments in the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial will begin Monday. This after defense attorneys wrapped up their case yesterday after calling seven witnesses.
A former state correctional officer has been charged with two felonies, including obstruction of justice, in connection to the 2018 assault by guards on an inmate at Valdosta State Prison.
The joint congressional map heads to the floor of the Senate for a vote tomorrow. After gaining approval from the Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee, it moved forward by a vote of 9-5 along party lines.
Defense attorneys for the three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery rested Thursday after calling a total of seven witnesses. Six neighbors testified about their concerns regarding crime in the neighborhood.
Hundreds of pastors are rallying at the Georgia courthouse where three white men are on trial in the killing of Ahmed Arbery. Many carried signs that said "Black pastors matter," and some wore buttons with Arbery's picture.
Thursday on Political Rewind: William Cope Moyers has sought to help others struggling with addiction by telling the story of his road to recovery. Public health officials are also struggling to address a new surge in overdose deaths in the United States.
The man who killed Ahmaud Arbery testified Thursday that Arbery did not speak, show a weapon or threaten him in any way before he raised his shotgun and pointed it at him. Travis McMichael said he was “under the impression” that Arbery could be a threat because he was running straight at him and he had seen the 25-year-old Black man trying to get into the truck of a neighbor who had joined in a pursuit of Arbery.
In Travis McMichael’s four-hour testimony, he repeated that he reacted to the “totality of circumstances” of Arbery being spotted several times at the construction site of a new home in the Satilla Shores neighborhood combined with concerns about property crime.
