catie beck has more. reporter: it was an emotional day in court as the three men convicted of murder of ahmaud arbery were sentenced. the judge called it a tragedy and said his sentencing was a measure of accountability. the father and son guilty of the 2020 murder of ahmaud arbery will spend the rest of their days behind bars. a young man with dreams was gunned down in this community. reporter: judge timothy wamsley calling it accountability, for greg and son travis mcmichael, a sentence of plief without parole and for neighbor william bryan a life sentence with the possibility of parole. the decision after hours of testimony, ahmaud arbery s parents describing broken hearts that will never heal. son, i love you. as much today as i did today that you were born. reporter: attorneys for the defendants calling life without parole a punishment too severe. nothing in travis mcmichael s
their days behind the bars. a young man with dreams was gunned down in this community. reporter: judge timothy wamsley calling it accountability for greg and son travis mcmichael, a sentence of life without parole and for neighbor william bryant, a life sentence with the possibility of parole. the decision after hours of testimony ahmaud arbery s parents describing broken hearts that will never heal. son, i love you as much today as i did the day that you were born. reporter: attorneys for the defendants calling life without parole a punishment too severe. nothing in travis mcmichael s life suggests that he s a danger to society now or will be a danger to society 30 years from now. reporter: in the end, judge wamsley pointed to the mcmichaels lack of remorse, even pausing to reflect on ahmad s final moments. the 25-year-old was out for a jog when he was chased, shot and killed the judge noted bryan
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About 1,000 have been summoned by the courts for the trial of Gregory McMichael, his son Travis McMichael and William Roddie Bryan Jr, charged with chasing down and killing Arbery.
Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was shot and killed as he jogged through a neighborhood near Brunswick, Ga. in 2020. Three white men in pickup trucks pursued him and then confronted him.