Trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s accused killers will scrutinize the use – and abuse – of ‘outdated’ citizen’s arrest laws
- Written by: Seth W. Stoughton, Associate Professor of Law, University of South Carolina
Defense set to claim that the three men accused over death of unarmed Black man were trying to conduct a citizen's arrest.Glynn County Detention Center via AP, FileThe murder trial of three men accused in the death of unarmed Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery gets underway on Oct. 18, 2021, with the issue of what makes for a lawful citizen’s arrest...
