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Important to note there will never be justice for 25-year-old ahmaud arbery. he was killed, but there is accountability. the three white men convicted of murdering arbery in february of 2020 will all likely spend the rest of their lives behind bars. travis mcmichael and his father gregory mcmichael who armed themselves and initiated the deadly pursuit were both sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. william "roddie" bryan who recorded arbery's last moments of life on a cell phone was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole only after serving 30 years. arbery wa...

In an unusual ruling, a federal judge has rejected a plea agreement with one of the men convicted of killing ahmaud arbery in georgia. in a state trial, travis and gregory mcmichael were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility for parole. that was earlier this month. for murdering arbery while he was out jogging. well, this new plea deal was for a federal charge where they are facing hate crime charges. now, the deal would have allowed them to serve time in a federal prison, and after the judge ruled on the deal for travis mcmichael, both men asked for more time to decide exactly h...

An update. the prosecutor says, by the end of this trial, the evidence will show that if arbery had not been black, if he were white, this would have returned -- this would have been different. he would have returned home alive from his jog. tell us about what the prosecution has presented so far. >> really they believe that's the crux of their case so far. right now a gbi investigator, georgia bureau of investigation is on the stand. it's a federal case so that's why there's no video coming from court. i can tell you the prosecution has had several witnesses on the stand today talking about t...

Defense was fine, it's safe to assume the judge would have accepted it. as a prosecutor, you have a legal obligation to consult with the victim or the family of a victim in the case of a murder. you have to give great weight to what the victim's family wants but you're not bound by that, and here, there seems to have been a disconnect between the justice department and ahmaud arbery's family. >> and i have just 20 seconds or so, but this could have been the first time we saw an admission in that guilty plea that this was a hate crime, that arbery's killing was araracially motivat. for that to ...

Was performed in accordance with all applicable rules. but they do not contain any material discrepancies. it renders the investigations by the da and the ag moot. so they're trying to take it as saying they didn't say there were material discrepancies because that's what this investigation will turn on. >> but mazars say, don't rely on our statements. makes you wonder what due diligence they ghid did in prep those. a federal judge has ordered the jury in georgia to be sequestered in the hate crimes trial of ahmaud arbery's killers. this order says it's to protect the jury from trial publici...