Gavel and Themis statue in the court library
Gavel and Themis statue in the court library.

Law’s Ayesha Bell Hardaway weighs in on Ahmaud Arbery trial

The trial of 3 white men charged with murdering a Black jogger is nearing an end

NPR: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, associate professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute, discussed the trial of the men charged for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. “A bald and baseless fear of deadly force is insufficient to successfully assert the use of lethal force under Georgia law,” she said. “(To win), the prosecutor needs to humanize Mr. Arbery and make it clear that these defendants acted in concert.”