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    Georgia Attorney General Names New Prosecutor In Ahmaud Arbery Case

    Joyette Holmes is the first African American woman to serve as Cobb County, Ga., district attorney. She will be the fourth prosecutor to lead the Ahmaud Arbery case since he was killed in February.
    by Brakkton Booker May 11, 2020 3 minutes
    Cobb County, Ga., District Attorney Joyette Holmes will lead the prosecution of two men in the Ahmaud Arbery case.

    Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr on Monday tapped a new lead prosecutor in the murder case of Ahmaud Arbery — the fourth since the young black man was killed in February while jogging in Glynn County, Ga.

    Joyette Holmes, district attorney of the Cobb County Judicial Circuit and the first black woman to serve in that position, is taking over the case following a video of the shooting that went viral after

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