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Back to EpisodesMcMichaels Trial and Importance of Jury Instructions
Episode 7
Published 4 years, 8 months ago
Description
In this episode, we discuss the recent trial of the McMichaels, for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, and the importance of jury instructions in a trial. We will focus on the judge's instructions to the jury on citizen's arrest.
A major issue of the case was the statute for citizen's arrest - which is ambiguous or confusing. Instead of giving a jury instruction on this area of law, the judge simply read the statute itself.
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