we re following breaking news. a judge in brunswick, georgia, has handed down life sentences to each of the three men convicted of murdering ahmaud arbery. two of the men will not have the possibility of parole. cnn national correspondent ryan young has details. today the defendants are being held accountable for their actions. reporter: two of the three men convicted of killing auk mudd arbery sentenced to spend the rest of their lives in prison. travis and gregmy mcmichael received life without the possibility of parole. after ahmaud arbery fell, the mcmichaels turned their backs. it s a disturbing image. and they walked away. this was a killing. it was callous. reporter: william brian jr. sentenced to serve life with the possibility of parole at 30 years. he had grave concerns that what had occurred should not have occurred.
they were committing the four felonies. that s what they were doing. you re going to hear, we weren t committing felonies, we were doing a citizen s arrest. we weren t trying to provoke him into defending himself. you re probably going to hear this. yes, we pointed a shotgun at him to get him to comply with our orders not sure why anyone should comply with their orders to stop and talk to us, but there was no reason for him to defend himself against us. because this was a citizen s arrest. this is the bottom line. this was an attack on ahmaud arbery. they committed the crimes. they committed the fourfulness. they attacked him. they shot and killed him. they can t claim self-defense under the law, because they were the initial unjustified aggressors and they started this and they were committing the felonies against auk mudd