AHMAUD ARBERY KILLING: The father and son convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery have reached a plea deal for federal hate crime charges stemming from the 2020 murder. Arbery's family has called the deal a complete betrayal.
. The McMichaels without parole, Bryan with it. All three were found guilty of murder last November after the jury didn't buy their citizen arrest defense.
Attorney Lee Merritt, who represents Arbery's mother, says the new plea deal will allow the McMichaels to serve the first 30 years of the term in federal prison, rather than a state one. Merritt says both of Arbery's parents are in his words "vehemently" opposed to the deal and are devastated the family's wishes are being ignored.
Greg McMichael, and his son, Travis McMichael look at family members seated in the gallery when they walk into the courtroom for the reading of the jury's verdict. Arbery's mother, Wanda Cooper Jones, issued a statement saying the Department of Justice went "behind my back to offer the men who murdered my soma deal to make their time in prison easier." She went on to say that she has been "completely betrayed" by DOJ lawyers.
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