Gregory and Travis McMichael seeking acquittal on hate crime convictions
The father and son convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery want their hate crime convictions thrown out.
The father and son convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery want their hate crime convictions thrown out.
The three men convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting have been found guilty of federal hate crimes.
Jury selection is beginning in the federal hate crimes trial of the three men already convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery.
In Brunswick Georgia, the three men convicted in the February 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery were sentenced Friday. Travis McMichael and his father, Greg McMichael, both were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus 20 years. Their neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan Jr. was given a lesser sentence of life in prison with the possibility of parole.
Three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery have been sentenced to life in prison, with a judge denying any chance of parole for the father and son who armed themselves and initiated the deadly pursuit of the 25-year-old Black man.
Three white men convicted of murder in the deadly chase and shooting of Ahmaud Arbery are due back in court for sentencing. A Georgia jury in November found father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and their neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, guilty of murder and other crimes in the February 2020 killing of the 25-year-old Black man.
Closing arguments are underway in the trial of the three white men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery last year in Georgia.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– On Friday People across the country, including here in South Carolina are running two-point-two-three miles to mourn Ahmaud Arbery. Back on February 23, investigators say Arbery was fatally shot by a former police officer and his son while jogging. Friday would have been his 26th Birthday. In Columbia several people met at the state house steps this…