Travis McMichael, the man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery in a Georgia neighborhood after chasing him with two others, his father Greg McMichael and neighbor William Bryan, was sentenced to life in prison for committing a federal hate crime.
Travis McMichael, who was sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting Ahmaud Arbery in 2020, is seeking to remain in federal custody, saying he's already received "hundreds" of threats.
Evidence released in the case against former Georgia prosecutor Jackie Johnson, who faces charges for not prosecuting Ahmaud Arbery's killers, shows she exchanged 16 calls with her former employee, Greg McMichael, after the murder.
Father and son Gregory and Travis McMichael claim the federal government had not sufficiently proved that the unarmed jogger was killed on a public street.
Marcus Ransom, the only Black member of the jury in the federal hate crimes trial against Ahmaud Arbery's killers, said "it was a lot to take in" after witnessing the indifference they showed while Arbery was dying.
Closing arguments in the federal hate crimes trial against Greg and Travis McMichael and William Bryan are scheduled for Monday after the men called a single witness in their defense.
A local police officer testified at the federal trial of Greg and Travis McMichael and William Bryan that he'd informed the father and son that Ahmaud Arbery hadn't stolen anything well before the murder.
An FBI analyst testified that defendants in Ahmaud Arbery's killing frequently posted racial slurs on their social media accounts as well as other posts advocating for violence against Black people.
Prosecutors in the Ahmaud Arbery hate crime trial told the jury that Greg and Travis McMichael and William Bryan were known to use racist slurs — and even defense attorneys admitted that their clients had done so.
Greg and Travis McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan were convicted on state charges in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery and now face federal hate crimes charges.
The first pool of potential jurors were summoned for questioning in the federal hate crimes trial against Greg McMichael, Travis McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan.
Travis and Greg McMichael withdrew their guilty pleas on federal charges in the death of Ahmaud Arbery after a federal judge rejected a sentencing deal they'd reached with prosecutors.
Arbery's parents' had objected to the plea deals, which would have allowed the men convicted in the death of Ahmaud Arbery serve their first 30 years in federal prison.
Ahmaud Arbery's mother calls new plea deal "disrespectful" after federal prosecutors offered an agreement that would avert a hate crimes trial for Gregory McMicheal and his son Travis McMichael.
While father and son Gregory and Travis McMichael along with their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan will all get life, Judge Timothy R. Walmsley will decide if any of them can be considered for parole in the future.
Travis McMichael was convicted on all nine counts he faced, including malice murder. His father Gregory McMichael and their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan were also convicted on multiple felony murder counts.