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‘No good deed goes unpunished,’ accused Ahmaud Arbery killer said in jail phone call defense is trying to exclude from trial Nelson Oliveira
Attorneys for the three Georgia men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery want all recordings of phone calls the suspects had in jail excluded from the upcoming trial, one of multiple requests under consideration at a pre-trial hearing Thursday.
In one of the phone calls cited in court, ex-cop Gregory McMichael was heard telling his brother that “no good deed goes unpunished,” an apparent reference to their arrest over Arbery’s death last year. The exact context of that conversation was not clear, but the suspect’s attorney told the judge that prosecutors could use such phone calls to mislead the jury, telling them, for instance, that the “good deed” was the killing of Arbery.
Glynn County, Ga., Detention Center via AP
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Travis McMichael (from left), his father, Gregory McMichael, and William Roddie Bryan face federal hate crime charges in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a Georgia man who was killed while out for a run last year. Glynn County, Ga., Detention Center via AP
A grand jury has charged three Georgia men with federal hate crimes and attempted kidnapping in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was shot while jogging last year.
Gregory McMichael, 65; his son, Travis McMichael, 35; and William Roddie Bryan, 51, were each charged with one count of interference with rights and with one count of attempted kidnapping, according to a Justice Department statement.
Ahmaud Arbery Murder Suspect Seeks Jail Release Over High Blood Pressure
On 1/13/21 at 10:05 AM EST
William Roddie Bryan, one of the three men charged with murdering Ahmaud Arbery, is seeking a humanitarian release from jail while awaiting trial because his blood pressure is high.
Bryan s attorney Kevin Gough filed a request for a hearing on the matter in Glynn County Superior Court in Georgia on December 31, First Coast News reported.
Gough wrote that 51-year-old Bryan has had uncontrolled high blood pressure since his arrest and detention last year, despite treatment at the Glynn County Detention Center. He has already seen a cardiologist, and is medicated, but the sporadic checks of his blood pressure regularly reflect blood pressure in excess of 180/100, Gough wrote.
Arbery murder suspect requests humanitarian release due to high blood pressure Assuming he survives long enough to have a trial, Mr. Bryan s ability to attend . would be greatly impaired if this issue is not addressed, his attorney wrote. Author: Mindy Wadley Updated: 11:17 AM EST January 12, 2021
BRUNSWICK, Ga.
(Note: The video above is from Jan. 4.)
One of the three men charged with murder in the February 2020 death of Ahmaud Arbery is requesting to be released from jail while awaiting trial due to his blood pressure being uncontrollably high, according to a document filed in Glynn County Superior Court on Dec. 31, 2020.
Defendant William Roddie Bryan s attorney, Kevin Gough, is asking for a judge to grant a second bond hearing, saying Bryan s blood pressure was 190/100 as recently as Dec. 30, despite treatment rendered by the Glynn County Detention Center.