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Lawyers for the white men charged with the murder of a black jogger in Georgia say their clients deserve due process and the presumption of innocence despite public outcry over the death of Ahmaud Arbery.
EMILY JONES, BYLINE: Ahmaud Arbery, who was black, was jogging through a neighborhood outside Brunswick, Ga., in February when two white men, Gregory and Travis McMichael, confronted him.
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HOGUE: Greg McMichael is not a party to the crime of murder.
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JASON SHEFFIELD: Travis has a presumption of innocence.
JONES: In a statement last night, lawyers for Arbery's family said, quote, "we only wish that their client had provided that same presumption of innocence to Ahmaud Arbery before chasing and killing him."
