Jury selection begins today in an Atlanta courtroom for the case of prominent lawyer and influential Republican donor Tex McIver, accused of murdering his wife while being driven from their Putnam County ranch to their condo in the Buckhead section of Atlanta. Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard, an African-American Democrat, will be using race and money as factors while attempting to pursue a murder conviction.
The defendant’s lawyers maintain Howard’s murder charge is “preposterous” in what they say was a tragic accidental shooting of prominent businesswoman Diane McIver. She was sitting in the front passenger side of the vehicle, while her husband was in the back seat, when his gun discharged.
On the eve of the high-profile trial, which could last four to five weeks and exacerbate Atlanta race relations, the McIver defense team released a hard-hitting video aimed at putting prosecutors on the defensive. Watch the McIver attorneys lay out their case in the link below that appears on the “Law & Crime” website:
