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Would have been. because last month, the justice department reached a plea deal with two of the three men charged with hate crimes that wouldve allowed them to serve their sentences in federal prison, which they thought would be easier than state prison. arberys mother spoke against the plea deal in court, on january 31st, calling it, disrespectful. she said, quote, ahmaud didnt get the option of a plea. the judge then rejected the deal and allow the trial to continue. ahmaud arberys mother expl...

Somebodys race. it could be you. it could be i or anybody who has a certain characteristic. and for that reason, we codify our discussions about this. we codify the injustice. we codify in the form of saying, hey, we will hold your feet to the fire in a larger, you know, idea about how to secure that verdict. but the prosecutors were likely very reluctant about this notion. the family was very resolved. im glad they d but for their actions, we would not have known the extent of these racist mess...

Travis mcmichael and neighbor roddey bryan yesterday. saying in the eyes of the law, the motivation was race. that these men killed arbery because he was black. a judge rejected a plea deals from the mcmichaels on the hate crime charges after the trial after arberys parents protested against it. saying it would be disrespect to let the men serve their sentences in a federal prison instead of a state prison. after chasing down arbery in their trucks and fatally and killing him in 2020. on the p...

Disturbing racial statements. it doesnt matter that the defense had their own strategy. they dont have to prove anything. its up to the government but the overwhelming amount of evidence im told by experts is not always the case in these kind of federal hate crimes trials. in fact, the federal government doesnt often prosecute something because they dont have that kind of explicit evidence, and that really made the difference here. you know, another thing i cover the justice department, some of ...

Indiscriminately with an eye toward somebodys race. it could be you. it could be i or anybody who has a certain characteristic. and for that reason, we codify our discussions about this. we codify the injustice. we codify in the form of saying, hey, we will hold your feet to the fire in a larger, you know, idea about how to secure that verdict. but the prosecutors were likely probably very reluctant about this notion. so the family was very resolved, and im glad they did. but for their actions, ...

Happen because last month, the justice department reached a plea deal with two of the three men charged with hate crimes that would have allowed them to serve their sentences in federal prison which they thought would be easier than state prison. ahmaud arberys mother spoke against the plea deal in court on january 31st calling it disrespectful. she said, quote, ahmaud didnt get the option of a plea. the judge then rejected the deal. and allowed the trial to continue. ahmaud arberys mother expla...

There was a jury who reached a unanimous verdict. that case had everything to do with this case and certainly, that vindicates the mothers claims, thank goodness for the job who said, im going to set aside that plea deal. by a large measure, the judge set the plea deal aside, why? because part of the plea deal would have meant the defendants would have served their time in federal court. now jeffrey can tell you federal courts have a much different reputation than do state courts. right, there a...

I assume this is why the family did not want the defendants to be able to plead guilty fl. there was so much evidence that came out at trial. >> reporter: to think this trial almost didnt happen, if not for the courageous fight for arberys family. we saw that evidence repeatedly put into evidence here. the repeated use of the n word. referring to black people as savages or subhuman. that evidence would not have come out. remember last month the mcmichaels agreed to take a plea deal offered by th...

So its not that coherent to talk about a better prison, but federal prisons tend to be less-awful than state prisons. and the family of mr. arbery has indicated that they think that all three defendants should serve their sentences in state prison. thats going to be up to the judge, if, in fact, these three men are found guilty in this federal case. she will have the option of sentencing them to either federal prison or state prison again, if theyre convicted in federal court. >> paul, thank you...

That sparked public outrage that the georgia bureau of investigation took over the case from the local cops. that intervention, the leak of the video is well led to the murder conditions in the fall. and today, ahmaud arberys family explained that they had to intervene to make sure that this federal hate crimes trial would have been done. because last month, the justice department reached a plea deal with two of the three men charged with hate crimes that wouldve allowed them to serve their sent...