Senior Judge John R. Turner on Monday ordered Johnson acquitted of a misdemeanor count of obstructing police. Turner ruled after prosecutors rested their case, declaring they failed to show “one scintilla of evidence” that Johnson had directed police investigators not to arrest the man who shot Arbery.

A judge Wednesday ended the trial of former Georgia prosecutor accused of using her influence to protect the men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery by throwing out the felony indictment used to charge her,

The family of Ahmaud Arbery is speaking out after a judge dismissed charges against former Glynn County District Attorney Jackie Johnson. This ends her trial on accusations of abusing power to protect the men who killed Arbery.

Almost five years since the killing of jogger Ahmaud Arbery in Glynn County, legal cases for those involved in the death investigation remain.