1957-2023 LISBON William R. Bryan, 66, went to be with the Lord Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at his home following a lengthy illness. Born January 24, 1957, h
directly to the appropriate appellate court of georgia for review. you are also advised that the statute of limitations for habous corpus is four years in the case of felonies, and one in the case of misdemeanors, the statute runs from the date the conviction becomes final. i don t have a blue or black pen. is there a blue or black pen down there? thank you. the court has executed the statement of appeal for travis mcmichael, greg mcmichael, and william r. bryan. if i could please have counsel and the defendants execute the statements of appeal to confirm they have been given. have the notices been given?
and then william bryan responding to him using his blackness, using the color of his skin, playing into racist tropes about black men in particular, being dangerous, being violent, and then acting on those racist tropes, and the judge didn t use the word race, he didn t use black or white, but i read into what he was saying, this should hopefully cause people from different, you know, races and ethnicities to understand that we are all, you know, one human race, and we shouldn t use someone s skin color as a way of deciding whether they should be in or out of a neighborhood. so powerful words. page pate, thank you, travis and gregory mcmichael sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. william roddie bryan sentenced with the possibility of parole, only after serving 30 years because he s convicted of a serious violent felony murder there. thank you all.
murder, his father, gregory mcmichael sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for felony murder, and roddie bryan, william roddie bryan, sentenced to a life with the possibility of parole for his conviction on felony murder. we heard a lot from the judge there, judge timothy. let s bring in cnn s dianne gallagher, outside the courthouse, with me, criminal defense attorney, paige pate, first, your reaction to the sentences. i m not surprised by the ultimate sentence. i have appeared in front of judge wamsley before, and i think he handled this entire tri st trial, including the sentencing hearing. it was important to the court, and the jury, the absolute lack of remorse from these defendants with the possible exception of william bryan, not just in court when we heard the testimony of travis mcmichael but right after