In rejecting the deal on Monday, U.S. District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood said it would have locked her into specific terms in sentencing.
on state charges of killing the 25-year-old Black man in 2020, is scheduled to begin on Monday.
In rejecting the deal on Monday, U.S. District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood said it would have locked her into specific terms — including 30 years in federal prison — at sentencing. Wood said that in this case it would only be appropriate to consider the family's wishes at sentencing, which the proposed deal wouldn't allow.
The hate crime charges accuse the McMichaels and Bryan of violating Arbery's civil rights by chasing him through their neighborhood in coastal Georgia on February 23, 2020. The McMichaels armed themselves and pursued Arbery in one pickup truck while Bryan joined the chase in another.
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