Gregory McMichael made the move after a federal judge rejected the terms of a plea deal he and his son, Travis McMichael had cut with prosecutors, WSAV reported.
One of the Georgia men convicted in state court of killing black jogger Ahmaud Arbery withdrew his guilty plea to federal hate crime charges in the case on Thursday, a report said.
Gregory McMichael, 66, made the move after a federal judge on Monday rejected the terms to a plea deal he and his convicted killer son, Travis McMichael, 35, had cut with prosecutors,The father will now stand trial in the federal case and jury selection is expected to begin Monday, the report said.hit with life sentences earlier this monthThe nixed plea agreement would have allowed the two to serve their federal time for Arbery’s slaying in a safer, less crowded prison, WTSB-TV had reported.
When Arbery stopped, Travis McMichael got out with a shotgun, got into a scuffle with the jogger, and shot him dead.
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