Prosecutors in the Ahmaud Arbery hate crime trial told the jury that Greg and Travis McMichael and William Bryan were known to use racist slurs — and even defense attorneys admitted that their clients had done so.
Greg and Travis McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan were convicted on state charges in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery and now face federal hate crimes charges.
The first pool of potential jurors were summoned for questioning in the federal hate crimes trial against Greg McMichael, Travis McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan.
Travis and Greg McMichael withdrew their guilty pleas on federal charges in the death of Ahmaud Arbery after a federal judge rejected a sentencing deal they'd reached with prosecutors.
Arbery's parents' had objected to the plea deals, which would have allowed the men convicted in the death of Ahmaud Arbery serve their first 30 years in federal prison.
Ahmaud Arbery's mother calls new plea deal "disrespectful" after federal prosecutors offered an agreement that would avert a hate crimes trial for Gregory McMicheal and his son Travis McMichael.
While father and son Gregory and Travis McMichael along with their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan will all get life, Judge Timothy R. Walmsley will decide if any of them can be considered for parole in the future.
Travis McMichael was convicted on all nine counts he faced, including malice murder. His father Gregory McMichael and their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan were also convicted on multiple felony murder counts.
