Judge: Ahmaud Arbery’s Past Troubles Irrelevant to Trial

Judge: Ahmaud Arbery’s Past Troubles Irrelevant to Trial
This combo of booking photos shows from left, Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael, and William "Roddie" Bryan Jr. Glynn County Detention Center via AP
The Associated Press
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SAVANNAH, Ga.—Defense attorneys for the men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery won’t be allowed to present evidence of the slain black man’s past legal problems when their clients stand trial for murder, a Georgia judge ruled.

Gregory and Travis McMichael, a father and son, and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan Jr. are awaiting trial this fall for chasing and killing 25-year-old Arbery last year as he ran in their neighborhood outside coastal Brunswick. Jury selection is scheduled to start on Oct. 18.