Travis McMichael, the man convicted on federal hate crimes charges for chasing and fatally shooting Ahmaud Arbery two years ago in Georgia, was sentenced to life in prison Monday for the murder.
Travis McMichael, the man convicted on federal hate crimes charges for chasing and fatally shooting Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia two years ago, was sentenced to life in prison Monday for the murder.
"Many times the federal government pursues criminal charges even after the defendant is convicted in state court, usually because the crime is an extremely serious and high-profile one and because the defendant could appeal the state court conviction and win a reversal,” Dave Ring, a personal injury trial lawyer not associated with this case, told Yahoo News.“Even if that happened, though, the defendant would still be convicted of the federal crimes.
Wanda Cooper-Jones, Arbery's mother, arrives at Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga., on Nov. 24, 2021, during the state trial of the three defendants. : “It is not fair to take away this victory that I prayed and I fought for. It is not right. It is not just. It is wrong. Please listen to me. Granting these men their preferred conditions of confinement would defeat me. It gives them one last chance to spit in my face after murdering my son.
They said they mistook him for a burglar, but he had not committed a crime, according to authorities, and was unarmed. At first no arrests were made. “I’m sure my words mean very little to you, but I want to assure you I never wanted any of this to happen,” he said. “There was no malice in my heart or my son’s heart that day.”Arbery’s mother responded outside the courtroom. “I think he realizes that he made some horrible decisions. Unfortunately, his apology doesn’t bring back my son,” Cooper-Jones said.
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