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Ahmaud Arbery's killers seek to have hate crime convictions overturned
Three White men are asking a U.S. appeals court to throw out their hate crime convictions in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.
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Three White men are asking a U.S. appeals court to throw out their hate crime convictions in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.
It's been four years since Ahmaud Arbery was chased down and killed while jogging in a Georgia neighborhood. Three white men, Greg and Travis McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan, were convicted of his murder and federal hate crimes. Vice News correspondent Alexis Johnson joined CBS News to discuss Arbery's death.
Chauvin was sentenced last month to 21 years on federal civil rights charges after pleading guilty in an agreement with prosecutors.
Two of the three White men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery as he jogged through a Georgia neighborhood were sentenced to life in prison for federal hate crimes. Travis McMichael and Greg McMichael had already been sentenced to life in prison without parole in a state trial. Their neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan, received 35 years in the federal case.
A grand jury indicted Johnson last year on a felony charge of violating her oath of office. She's accused of using her position to protect McMichael and his son.
Marcus Ransom was the only Black man on the jury that spent a week in a Brunswick, Georgia, courtroom hearing the hate crimes case.
Ahmaud Arbery's killers now face life in prison for federal hate crimes, in addition to their life sentences for their murder convictions. Janet Shamlian spoke to Arbery's mother about the verdict.
A jury found the three White men who murdered Ahmaud Arbery guilty in a federal hate crimes trial. Gregory and Travis McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan now face up to life in prison in addition to the sentences they received in state court after being convicted of his murder. Janet Shamlian reports.
The three men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery have been found guilty on federal hate crimes charges. CBS News correspondent Janet Shamlian joins CBS News' Tanya Rivero and Jim Axelrod from the courthouse in Georgia to break down the verdict.
Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan were convicted of murder and other charges in November.
Travis McMichael, his father Greg McMichael, and their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan were found guilty of all charges in a federal hate crimes trial for the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was shot and killed while jogging in a Georgia neighborhood two years ago. They were previously found guilty of murder. CBS News' Vladimir Duthiers and Anne-Marie Green have more on the breaking news.
Greg and Travis McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan have already been convicted in state court and sentenced to life in prison.
A jury in Georgia began deliberations in the federal hate crimes trial of three White men, who have already been convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man. Janet Shamlian has the details.
Closing arguments began Monday in the federal hate crimes trial of three White men convicted of murdering Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia. All three have pleaded not guilty. CBS News correspondent Janet Shamlian joins Vladimir Duthiers and Anne-Marie Green to discuss the case.
At the federal civil rights trial of the three men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery, an FBI analyst testified about their use of racist language in text messages and social media. CBS News' Meg Oliver has more.
The FBI wasn't able to access Greg McMichael's phone because it was encrypted, the witness said.
The withdrawal comes days after a U.S. District Court judge rejected terms of a plea deal between defense attorneys and prosecutors that was met with passionate objections by Arbery's parents.
The trial for Gregory McMichael, who has already been convicted of killing the 25-year-old Black man in 2020, is scheduled to begin on Monday.
A federal judge has rejected a plea agreement from the Justice Department that would have averted a hate crimes trial for Travis McMichael after Arbery's family expressed outrage.
Arbery's parents had denounced the proposed deal for Travis and Gregory McMichael.
But his parents' lawyer says they're "vehemently against" the deals reached with Travis McMichael and his father, Gregory.
The judge sentenced Travis and Gregory McMichael to life without parole, and William "Roddie" Bryan to life with a possibility of parole.
The three men convicted in the killing of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery were sentenced to life in prison Friday. Travis and Gregory McMichael received life without parole, while their neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan, has the possibility of parole after 30 years. CBS News senior national correspondent Mark Strassmann and CBS News legal contributor Rebecca Roiphe joined CBSN with more on the case.
A judge in Brunswick, Georgia, has sentenced three men to life in prison for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was chased and shot while out jogging in 2020. Travis McMichael and his father Gregory McMichael got life without parole, while their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan has the possibility of parole after 30 years. CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann and legal contributor Rebecca Roiphe join CBSN with the breaking news.
Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan were convicted in state murder charges in November.
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