The three men face possible life sentences after a jury convicted them in February of federal hate crimes, concluding that they violated Ahmaud Arbery’s civil rights and targeted him because of his race
Months after they were sentenced to life in prison for murder, the three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in a Georgia neighbourhood faced a second round of criminal penalties Monday for federal hate crimes committed in the deadly pursuit of the 25-year-old Black man.
When they return to court Monday in Georgia, McMichael, his father Greg McMichael and neighbour William “Roddie” Bryan face possible life sentences after a jury convicted them in February of federal hate crimes, concluding that they violated Arbery’s civil rights and targeted him because of his race. All three men were also found guilty of attempted kidnapping, and the McMichaels face additional penalties for using firearms to commit a violent crime.
Because they were first charged and convicted of murder in a state court, protocol would have them turned them over to the Georgia Department of Corrections to serve their life terms in a state prison. A federal judge doesn’t have the authority to order the state to relinquish its lawful custody of inmates to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, said Ed Tarver, an Augusta lawyer and former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. He said the judge could request that the state corrections agency turn the defendants over to a federal prison.
Still, more than two months passed before any charges were filed in Arbery’s death. The McMichaels and Bryan were arrested only after the graphic video of the shooting leaked online and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation took over the case from local police.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Arbery shooter fears he'll be killed in state prison: lawyerThe white man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery after chasing the running Black man in a Georgia neighborhood says he fears he will be killed by fellow inmates if he's sent to a state prison to serve a life sentence for murder.
Read more »
Arbery shooter fears he'll be killed in state prison: lawyerThe white man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery after chasing the running Black man in a Georgia neighborhood says he fears he will be killed by fellow inmates if he's sent to a state prison to serve a life sentence for murder.
Read more »
B.C. hate crime numbers 'alarming’ and a 'wake-up call,' says advocateThere were 3,360 hate crimes reported to police across Canada in 2021.
Read more »
B.C. hate crime numbers 'alarming’ and a 'wake-up call,' says advocateThere were 3,360 hate crimes reported to police across Canada in 2021.
Read more »
B.C. hate crime numbers 'alarming’ and a 'wake-up call,' says advocateThere were 3,360 hate crimes reported to police across Canada in 2021.
Read more »
Firearm used to kill three people in Montreal was illegally acquired police say | Globalnews.caProvincial police say 26-year-old Abdulla Shaikh, who is suspected of killing the three men at random, did not have a firearms license.
Read more »