Appeals court upholds hate crime convictions of Ahmaud Arbery's killers
A federal appeals court has upheld the hate crime convictions of the three men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia more than five years ago.
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A federal appeals court has upheld the hate crime convictions of the three men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia more than five years ago.
William Bryan, the man who recorded the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, has been arrested and charged with felony murder and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment. Arbery was shot and killed in February while on a jog in his neighborhood. Manuel Borjoquez has the latest.
The three men who were convicted for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery — Greg McMichael, Travis McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan — are seeking a new trial citing an apparent comment by one of the jurors in their proceedings. CBS News' Manuel Bojorquez reports.
Three White men are asking a U.S. appeals court to throw out their hate crime convictions in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.
It's been four years since Ahmaud Arbery was chased down and killed while jogging in a Georgia neighborhood. Three white men, Greg and Travis McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan, were convicted of his murder and federal hate crimes. Vice News correspondent Alexis Johnson joined CBS News to discuss Arbery's death.
A jury in Georgia returned guilty verdicts against all three defendants in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael and a neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan, chased down Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, and shot him to death in February 2020. Catherine Herridge anchors a CBS News Special Report with correspondent Omar Villafranca outside the courthouse in Brunswick, Georgia, and legal analyst Joe Tamburino.
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Two of the three White men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery as he jogged through a Georgia neighborhood were sentenced to life in prison for federal hate crimes. Travis McMichael and Greg McMichael had already been sentenced to life in prison without parole in a state trial. Their neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan, received 35 years in the federal case.
Travis McMichael, his father Greg McMichael, and their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan were found guilty of all charges in a federal hate crimes trial for the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was shot and killed while jogging in a Georgia neighborhood two years ago. They were previously found guilty of murder. CBS News' Vladimir Duthiers and Anne-Marie Green have more on the breaking news.
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A jury found the three White men who murdered Ahmaud Arbery guilty in a federal hate crimes trial. Gregory and Travis McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan now face up to life in prison in addition to the sentences they received in state court after being convicted of his murder. Janet Shamlian reports.
Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan were convicted of murder and other charges in November.
The three men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery have been found guilty on federal hate crimes charges. CBS News correspondent Janet Shamlian joins CBS News' Tanya Rivero and Jim Axelrod from the courthouse in Georgia to break down the verdict.
A jury in Georgia began deliberations in the federal hate crimes trial of three White men, who have already been convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man. Janet Shamlian has the details.
Greg and Travis McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan have already been convicted in state court and sentenced to life in prison.
Closing arguments began Monday in the federal hate crimes trial of three White men convicted of murdering Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia. All three have pleaded not guilty. CBS News correspondent Janet Shamlian joins Vladimir Duthiers and Anne-Marie Green to discuss the case.
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