The trial of Lula Smart ended in a mistrial,
reports George Boston Rhynes from the Courthouse in Brooks County.
So the first of

the Quitman 10
is going

like the Madison 9 did.

Here’s

Part 1 of 3:

George says witnesses today talked about voter intimidation
and some said they would not vote again because of this
investigation on the Quitman 10+2.
He says the GBI agent was asked how they were trained before
they were sent to Brooks County, and they had little training
in voting investigations, plus they took ballots home from
the Board of Elections, including some with no addresses
for any of the persons they were investigating.

George also reported WCTV had a camera in the courtroom,
after you may recall

the Judge told George he couldn’t even record from the street in
the front of the courthouse.

Here’s

Part 2 of 3:

George interprets this mistrial as ending all the trials.

The defendants’ attorney Chevene B. King Jr. reported:

The judge reconsidered a motion for mistrial
that we had made a couple of days ago because of
comments that he … that had prejudiced Ms. Smart’s right to a fair trial.

The judge said there was nothing he could say that could make the jurors
forget what was heard, so he declared a mistrial.
George asked if it was also because of the evidence stacking up.
The attorney said if the trial had continued there were good grounds
for acquittal.

Here’s

Part 3 of 3:

Videos by George Boston Rhynes on YouTube.

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