(Glynn County Detention Center via AP, File)

The judge and prosecutors in the Ahmaud Arbery trial, in which three white men are accused of killing a black man jogging through their Georgia neighborhood, claimed defense attorneys systematically eliminated a disproportionate number of potential jurors because of their race.

A jury of 12 people, 11 white members and one black member, were eventually picked from a pool of 1,000 and seated Wednesday, following a contentious selection process in the coastal Georgia town that lasted for 2 1/2 weeks.