Jury set to begin second day of deliberations in the trial over the killing of Ahmaud Arbery
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Following more than two weeks of court proceedings and testimony from 23 witnesses, jurors in the Ahmaud Arbery killing trial are set to begin their second day of deliberations Wednesday morning.
The jury reviewed the case for more than six hours Tuesday after the prosecution presented a rebuttal to the defense's closing arguments. Court will resume at 8:30 a.m ET.
Three men -- Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael, and neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan Jr. -- are standing trial on charges related to the shooting of Arbery in the Satilla Shores neighborhood outside Brunswick, Georgia, on February 23, 2020.
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