QUESTIONS
1.
1.
A panel of judges heard arguments Wednesday from attorneys seeking to overturn the hate crime conviction of three white men who used pickup trucks to chase Ahmaud Arbery through a subdivision in Georgia in 2020 before one of them killed the Black man with a shotgun. Do you remember this case?
Yes
61%
889 votes
No
30%
438 votes
Not Applicable
8%
122 votes
2.
2.
The hate crimes trial centered on the three men's racial bias. In a legal brief filed ahead of Wednesday's arguments, prosecutors said: "As to why defendants chased, trapped, and ultimately killed Arbery, the evidence at trial showed that they held longstanding hate and prejudice toward Black people, while also supporting vigilante justice."The three men's attorneys argue that evidence of past racist comments they made didn't prove a racist intent to harm. The attorneys also argued that the hate crime conviction should be thrown out because Arbery was not killed on a public street, which they said is required for the defendants to be found guilty under federal law. Do you believe that the hate crime conviction of the three defendants in the federal trial was justified?
Yes
60%
876 votes
No
10%
141 votes
Undecided
18%
256 votes
Not Applicable
12%
176 votes
3.
3.
Do you think the hate crime convictions will be overturned?
Yes
8%
111 votes
No
43%
624 votes
Undecided
38%
552 votes
Not Applicable
11%
162 votes
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