clear they believe his killers should serve the full sentence with no chance for proehl. ahm awe d is my brother, and would i like to tell him a little bit about him. you a maude had dark skin that glisened in the sunlight like gold and he had thick curly hair and would often like to twist it. he enjoyed running and had an appreciation for being outdoors. these are the qualities that made these men assume that you a maude was a dangerous criminal and chase him with guns drawn. to me those qualities reflect a young man full of life and energy who look like me and the people i love. not only did they lynch my son in broad daylight but they killed him while he was doing
law-abiding life and the need for deterrents can be justified by a 30-year sentence as opposed to life without parole are all legitimate arguments for the defense to make. my guess here, having been a former prosecutor and knowing the facts this this case inside and out, there s no question about the fact that travis mcmichael in my mind is going to get life without parole. he was a person found guilty of malice murder. the other ones weren t. you can expect the lawyers to say treat those cases differently than life without parole. the father should say it should be a life sentence. in my opinion i think the judge will give him a life without parole sentence as well because he was the one who initiated and started the whole encounter in the first place. with regard to william roddy bryant interestingly and tactically very smart by the prosecutor, they are not seeking a life without parole pause his involvement in the case is even more distant than the other two, so with the prosecuto
ahmad. we re going to miss his jokes, his impersonations, his warm smile. these men deserve the maximum sentence for their crimes. ahmad never said a word to them. he never threatened them. he just wanted to be left alone. cnn national correspondent diane gallagher joining us now from brunswick, georgia, outside the courthouse. diane, gut-wrenching. i mean, these were short but such powerful statements from ahmaud arbery s family. walk us through what the judge will be deciding today. so erica, the sentence that goes with the charges that these three men were convicted of is life in prison. the judge will have to decide
ovi ve ever made. ask your dermatologist about cosentyx®. baas. top of the hour higher on this friday afternoon. i m erica hill in for ana cabrera, and we are at this hour monitoring a south georgia courtroom where any moment now the three men convicted of murdering ahmaud arbery will be sentenced. court set to return from a lunch break any moment now returning. travis mcmichael, his father greg mcmichael and william bryant all facing a minimum of life in prison in brief but powerful statements just a short time ago. ahmaud arbery s family made it
impact off screen as a champion of civil rights. we believe in the central dignity of every human being. the son of a bohemian tomato farmer, poitier lived a life of first, the first black man to win an oscar for best actor, and one of the first black people to become a true hollywood star among the greatest of all time. we have lots and lots and lots of a can american actors. now, when we didn t have any, i appeared, not because i brought so much, but because the time was right reporter: but his career almost ended before it ever began. as a teenager poitier auditioned for the american negro theater, but he was quickly then out because he couldn t read. he was tone deaf, and he had a thick bahamian accent. he said you re no actor,