3 Men Convicted In Ahmaud Arbery's Murder Found Guilty Of Federal Hate Crimes
22.02.2022 - 19:33
/ etonline.com
The jury was made up of eight white people, three Black people and one Hispanic person.Arbery was shot and killed in Brunswick, Georgia, in February 2020. Cellphone video of the incident showed the McMichaels chasing Arbery as he jogged through the neighborhood.
The two men cornered the 25-year-old with their pickup truck before Travis McMichael shot Arbery with a shotgun. Bryan helped chase Arbery and recorded the shooting on his cellphone. The incident sparked national outrage, as did the fact that the three suspects were not arrested until two months after Arbery's death. In closing arguments Monday, the prosecution told the jury that the three defendants were driven by «racial assumptions, racial resentment and racial anger.» Defense lawyers argued that the pursuit of Arbery was not racially motivated, but a result of their belief he was involved in criminal activity. At their state trial last fall, Travis McMichael was convicted of the highest count, malice murder, and all three were convicted of felony murder and other charges.
The McMichaels were sentenced in January to a minimum of life in prison, while Bryan has the possibility of parole in 30 years. The three men were also charged with federal hate crimes, which included using force and threats of force because of Arbery's race to intimidate and interfere with his right to use a public street.Before the beginning of their second trial, the McMichaels tried to enter a plea deal, which would have allowed them to serve time in federal rather than state prison. However, the judge rejected the deal after Arbery's parents opposed it, prompting the McMichaels to withdraw their pleas and sending the case to trial.During the trial, their defense attorney said they did
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