thank you jurors. i give all glory to god. thank you, y all. and there you have ahmaud arbery s father there in court. charles, let s go back to what we re likely to get from the judge here. yes. and how likely is this judge to grant parole, considering their ages, you know, not to predict too much here, but it would seem as if that would be an exercise in futility, perhaps. well, i m inclined to agree with you on the last point. all three of the defendants are relatively up there in age, and so when you talk about no parole, they have a minimum of 30 years they have to serve in prison. so we know that they will be behind bars for a considerable amount of time whether the judge decides to grant parole or not. i do expect in this case the judge will not grant parole at least for mcmichael as he was
activating piggy power. it s sentencing day for the three men convicted of killing ahmaud arbery in georgia. a live look at the courtroom in brunswick. travis mcmichael, gregory mcmichael, william bryan. katie beck is outside the courthouse in brunswick. also with us on this friday, charles coleman, a civil rights attorney, former brooklyn, new
unfinished home. in took two and a half months. what is the status of the federal hate crime charges against arbery s murderers? we learned today apparently federal prosecutors went to wanda cooper jones and asked about a plea deal apparently offered to the three defendants and was for 30 years and they turned it down because they thought this would happen today in terms of getting that life. you think about this family, anderson, that has been through so very much. it was an emotional day in court and i don t think people believed the judge was going to sum things up the way he did. that moment of silence in that court, his description of that chase and what happened afterwards, and the body language of all three men was something that stuck with a lot of people but let s not forget it s wanda cooper jones that mother who decided tlhere was n way her son could have been in involved in what was, initially, said. and that video that was released really change auld of this for ever
neighbor william roddy bryan were found guilty in november on multiple murder counts, as well as other charges for arbery s death in 2020. cnn national correspondent ryan young, tonight, has details. today, the defendants are being held accountable for their actions. reporter: two of the three men convicted of killing ahmaud arbery. travis and gregory mcmichael received life without the possibility of parole. after ahmaud arbery fell, the mcmichaels turned their backs to a disturbing image and whacked away. this was a killing. it was callous. reporter: sentenced to serve life with the possibility of parole after 30 years. he had grave concerns that what had occurred should not have occur ed and i think that does make mr. bryan s situation a little bit different. however, he has been convicted of felony murder. reporter: before reading the sentences, the judge paused for one minute.
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