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.
behind them bars the rest of their life, because they didn t give him a chance. the loss of ahmaud has devastated me and my family. we ask that the men that killed him given the maximum sentence available to the court. reporter: last december, they were convicted of murder after chasing ahmaud arbery while jogging, killing him after they said they thought they saw arbery inside an unfinished home on october 20rd, 2020. it took three months after arrests were made after the video mcmichael made went viral. when you think about this and the fact that that video played over and over, and the way the judge paused today were a lot of people quite shocked about how he was able to explain the law and how he arrived to his decision. but when you think about this for the family and the fact they had to go through this for so long, getting justice today might be some small