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These new federal convictions could add more life sentences. >> we got a victory today. there are so many families who don't get victories. >> reporter: this is a federal hate crime case that almost didn't go to court due to a plea deal with the defendants which was ultimately rejected by a judge. his mother expressed outrage with the department of justice today. >> i told the doj that yes, they were prosecutors, but one thing they didn't have, they didn't have a son lying in a cold grave. and they still didn't hear my cry. what the doj did today they was made to do today. >> reporter: the u.s...

A federal hate crime, and attempted kidnapping of arbery. the mcmichaels were also each found guilty of an additional firearms charge. the mcmichaels and bryan are already serving life sentences for the felony murder of arbery after a separate state trial in november. only bryan is eligible for parole after 30 years. but these new federal convictions could add more life sentences. >> we got a victory today. but it's so many families out there who don't get victories. >> this is a federal hate crime case that almost did not go to court due to a plea deal with the defendants which was ultimately...

Do you think the prosecution has done enough to prove its case with an admittedly different bar than a standard murder trial? >> it's very tough to prove a federal hate crime case. but given other circumstances, given how high that bar is, i think that they did a really good job. what they reminded this jury of over and over again was this circumstantial evidence of the racial epithets used by these defendants. that's important when you are proving a federal hate crime case, it's not enough that the person is racist. you have to show that there was racial motivation associated with the crime. ...

But these new federal convictions could add more life sentences. >> we got a victory today. but it's so many families out there who don't get victories. >> this is a federal hate crime case that almost did not go to court due to a plea deal with the defendants which was ultimately rejected by a judge. arbery's mother expressed her outrage with the u.s. department of justice today. >> i told the doj that yes, they were prosecutors, but one thing they didn't have, they didn't have a son that was lying in a cold grave. and they still didn't hear my cry. what the doj did today, they was made to do...

Federal hate crime case we saw a verdict in was about the motive and about the why and about the fact that at the end of the day, what the jury found was that these defendants violated ahmaud arbery's civil rights because they were motivated by racial hatred whereas in the state case it was the what? did they commit the crime they were charged for and in that case they were found guilty. both of these things are independent of one another but came together to paint a much clearer picture for the public what happened here and as to why. >> let me play for you, thank you for clarifying that. one...