Russ Bynum

November 15, 2022 | Daily Report Online

The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court accuses the Army Corps of Engineers of contradicting its own policies and violating federal law when the agency agreed in August to relinquish regulatory jurisdiction over the proposed mine near the Georgia-Florida line.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

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February 15, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"I felt guilty that it happened outside my house," said Dan Allcott, who was home with his wife and their baby when Arbery fell dead a few feet from Allcott's driveway on Feb. 23, 2020.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

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January 31, 2022 | Daily Report Online

A federal judge rejected a plea agreement Monday that would have averted a hate crimes trial for the man convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. Arbery's…

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

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January 12, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"It could kill this deal," the county's attorney told the judge. "We will have a $10.3 million bill that we have paid over the past nine years that we will never recoup. And we will have ended the spaceport project here in this courtroom."

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

4 minute read

December 13, 2021 | Daily Report Online

A judge has scheduled jury selection in the federal trial to begin Feb. 7. The three defendants pleaded not guilty to the hate crime charges in May.

By RUSS BYNUM | The Associated Press

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November 04, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley denied prosecutors' request to reinstate those eight Black potential jurors, though he said: "This court has found there appears to be intentional discrimination in the panel."

By Russ Bynum

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February 23, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Arbery's mother filed a civil lawsuit Tuesday accusing the men charged in her son's death and local authorities who first responded to the shooting of violating his civil rights.

By RUSS BYNUM | The Associated Press

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May 20, 2020 | Daily Report Online

A Glynn County filing shows Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley was appointed to the case after all five judges in the legal circuit where the killing happened have recused themselves.

By Russ Bynum, Associated Press

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August 05, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Justice Nels Peterson wrote that the trial court had broad discretion to declare a mistrial after it found that the DA made "offending comments in hopes that they would result in a mistrial. It found that the DA made the comments 'intentionally and strategically after realizing the evidence was not overwhelming.'"

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

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March 12, 2019 | Daily Report Online

"The November 2018 elections were plagued with problems that placed inexcusable and unjustifiable burdens on the right to vote," the lawsuit said.

By Russ Bynum, Associated Press

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