Money can buy a powerful team defense attorneys. Witness the expensive, high-powered team hired by Kyle Rittenhouse (it included one of O.J. Simpson's attorneys) and notice that Rittenhouse was acquitted.
What then of the remarkable job performed by the prosecutors in the Ahmaud Arbery case? As attorney after attorney recused themselves from the case, the case ended up in the lap of Linda Dunikoski, senior assistant district attorney in the Cobb County District Attorney's Office. Dunikoski did what she could to stop the composition of the jurors to have but one black member. But, when the jury was selected (with only one Black member), she realized the members were people who truly wanted justice. She, then, steered away from the race issue, reportedly not referring to the fact that it was a Black man being killed by White men until she did so in the closing arguments. She knew the defense attorneys would try to shift the blame to Arbery, arguing he deserved to be killed. She dealt with it, focusing on the fact he was simply a person running, and was shot for running -- no more.
She and the other two prosecutors won the case, the defendants being convicted. Who were the other two prosecutors also attorneys in the Cobb County District Attorney's Office? I do not know. I only say it is remarkable job she and and the other two prosecutors did in pulling off the convictions.
It was a case in which a team of very competent prosecutors pulled off convictions in a Deep South community where justice is perhaps unusual when Black persons are involved. Dunikoski and the other two prosecutors are to be commended.
Hadn't considered the role of the prosecutors in this case. Appreciate your insights that help me appreciate them.
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