Fourth Prosecutor Takes Ahmaud Arbery Case After Third Prosecutor Steps Down

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has assigned District Attorney Joyette Holmes, the former chief magistrate judge of Cobb County, to prosecute Gregory McMichael and Travis McMichael, the father and son who were charged last week in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery back in February. 

Holmes was assigned after prosecutor Tom Durden decided to step down due to the changing “size and magnitude” of the case, according to the Georgia attorney general’s office.