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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Russ Bynum

Ex-prosecutor charged with meddling in Ahmaud Arbery case appears in court ahead of trial

Ahmaud Arbery Prosecutor Charged - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

A former Georgia district attorney charged with illegally interfering with police investigating the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery made her first court appearance Wednesday, more than three years after being indicted by a grand jury.

Jackie Johnson spent a decade as the state’s top prosecutor for the coastal Brunswick Judicial Circuit. She came to court Wednesday as a defendant, charged with violating her oath of office and hindering police as they investigated Arbery's death.

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