At the Cobb County Courthouse, 11Alive reporter Grace King says the stakes could not be higher.
Instead of facing a jury, Matthew Scott Lanz has waived that right and is now in the middle of a bench trial, leaving a single judge to decide whether he murdered his neighbors, Justin and Amber Hicks, in their Acworth home back in November 2021.
Grace King notes that prosecutors believe the facts are so disturbing it may explain why Lanz chose a judge instead of 12 jurors…