Saleemah Graham-Fleming says sometimes she can feel her daughters presence most recently in the courtroom during the guilty verdict.
The jury made their decision in 45 minutes, the juror said.
A Lexington man was sentenced to 7 years in prison after an incident where he crashed a boat, killing two people.
According to the Eleventh Circuit Solicitor’s Office, a validated gang member from Columbia was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a 29-year-old man at River Oaks Apartments in 2015.
Potter will spend 16 months in prison and eight months on supervised release.
The sentence issued Friday is below the range of 6 to 8 1/2 years in prison recommended by state guidelines, but Judge Regina Chu found mitigating factors exist that gave her the authority to go lower.
In Brunswick Georgia, the three men convicted in the February 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery were sentenced Friday. Travis McMichael and his father, Greg McMichael, both were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus 20 years. Their neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan Jr. was given a lesser sentence of life in prison with the possibility of parole.
Three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery have been sentenced to life in prison, with a judge denying any chance of parole for the father and son who armed themselves and initiated the deadly pursuit of the 25-year-old Black man.
Three white men convicted of murder in the deadly chase and shooting of Ahmaud Arbery are due back in court for sentencing. A Georgia jury in November found father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and their neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, guilty of murder and other crimes in the February 2020 killing of the 25-year-old Black man.
Two Columbia men were sentenced for their roles in selling crack cocaine to an undercover officer in February 2020.
