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And wept. outside the courthouse hugs and cheers over the verdict they had been hoping for but feared might never come. i want to bring in nbcs cal perry in georgia. ck hoff ler is a veteran lawyer and danielle higgins is a defense attorney. happy thanksgiving to you all. cal, we know the men have to go back on trial on federal hate crimes charges in just ten weeks. after such an emotional period for this community, are they ready to go through it again? >> reporter: look. i think it was very di...

The light of murder of ahmaud arbery. unfortunately georgia is the only state in the country dismantled the citizens arrest law. it is a 1863 law that came about in light of having citizens recover slaves that escaped. that doesnt apply today. it needs to be looked at so people dont feel they need to take the law in their own hands and putting themselves in danger and others. i think the ahmaud arbery case begs the question and raised the question for state lawmakers in this country. >> ck, even...

Murder -- to not -- to go home and wash his hands and get rid of the evidence. she told the police officers to stand down and devastating. she obstructed the scene. >> ck? ck, i think something is maybe playing on your computer. did we get that -- did that stop? okay. so we dont have it. danielle, that same question and what you think the message is here in the prosecution of this prosecutor. >> a lot of people are saying accountability was delivered yesterday to the ahmaud arbery family. not ne...

That situation was okay and then we later find out greg mcmichael was a former police officer, former investigator for the d.a.s office. so all of that is going to be very difficult to relive in a federal trial and then you add in the race aspects which to be fair the prosecution really stayed away but the defense continued to stumble into the race issues. i think all of that is hard hanging over the heads of the three men is a sentencing phase. the judge said in a few weeks it would take place....

Referred it to someone that worked in her office and worked with mr. mcmichaels the father so that person had to stand down and ultimately sent to cobb county. she also with the attorney general failed to disclose the conflict of interest. theres so many things. thats just a tip of the iceberg. the conduct is reprehencible. she needs to be accountable for her actions in the obstruction because a three-month delay when your child is shot and killed, murdered the way ahmaud arbery was, is devastat...

Accountable for trying to obstruct the case. >> ck, we have the audio ficked. i want you to finish your thought. >> i just have to say this. the conduct is reprehencible. she obstructed the investigation. gregory mcmichael said my son killed someone. what should we do? she instructed them to go home and wash. get washed, showered and then go to the police station. she also told two police officers to stand down and not arrest the mcmichaels or mr. bryan. there was no investigation at the scene o...