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In prison. the big question today, will the judge decide whether or not the men will have the possibility of parole. we also expect to hear from ahmaud arbery s mother during the hearing with a victim impact statement. she spoke with cnn earlier this morning. ahmaud didn t get a chance to live. so with that being said, travis should not get a chance to live as a free man. travis should go to prison for life without parole, and that being said, he should remain in prison forever. let s go to our national correspondent dianne gallagher on the scene for us in brunswick, georgia, for us this morning. set the scene for us. what do we expect? reporter: well, wolf, as things get under way inside that courtroom here, we expect for it to be a day of hearing statements, both from the defense and from the state. wanda cooper jones, the mother ....
Important to you. you said earlier that ahmaud lost his life back in february of 2020. ahmaud didn t get a chance to live. so with that being said, travis should not get a chance to live as a free man. travis should go to prison for life, without parole. and that being said, he should remain in prison forever. lee, what is your expectation today? well, we expect a similar outcome, you know earlier this week the department of justice approached wanda cooper jones and her family and asked whether or not they would consider a plea deal where these men would be sentenced to 30 years in federal prison. she rejected that offer. we believe that today the state will move forward with life sentences without the possibility of parole. and we think that s the appropriate sentence. so, wanda, these men, convicted of killing your son, they will have a chance to speak ....
the state trial showed that we were able to pick jurors from our community that was willing to do the right thing. i do believe that in the federal trial that we will be able to select the same type jurors and we will be successful and have a victory in that trial as well. if you had a chance, wanda, to think about the months and years ahead and ahmaud s legacy and how, you know, how you re going to get through the days and what you re going to do with the years in light of the outcome of the trial? i have my family and i have started a foundation. the name is called the ahmaud arbery foundation. i also want to mention that since we lost ahmaud, ahmaud has implemented change already. ahmaud georgia hate crime law for the first time. yes. we also saw change in the ....
Of ahmaud arbery, of course, this is coming up on the two-year anniversary of his murder, she is going to speak and give that victim impact statement. she says she doesn t think that the judge should give them the opportunity to seek parole. ahmaud didn t get a chance to live. so with that being said, travis should not get a chance to live as a free man. travis should go to prison for life, without parole. and that being said, he should remain in prison forever. reporter: once the judge makes that determination on whether or not they should get the chance to seek parole, that would be up to a parole board later after 30 years, he will also have to determine whether or not the other charges that they were convicted of by that jury back in november would be served concurrently or consecutively in those situations. it is not the only charges, of course, that these three men are ....
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