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Clark, as i went to brunswick on that sunday afternoon, i spoke to kristen clark and the lead attorney, tara lyons, begging them to please not take this plea deal. they ignored my cry. i begged them. even after the family stood before the judge and asked them, asked the judge to not take this plea deal, the lead prosecutor, tara lyons, stood up and asked the judge to ignore the family's cry. that's not justice for ahmaud. what we got today, we would have gotten today if it wasn't for the fight that the family put

Her name, kristen clark. as i traveled to brunswick on that sunday afternoon i spoke to kristen clark and -- and the lead attorney tara lyons begging them to please not take this plea deal. they ignored my cry. i begged them, even after the family stood before the judge and asked them, asked the judge to not take this plea deal, the lead prosecutor tara lyons stood up and asked the judge to ignore the family's cry. that's not -- that's not justice for ahmad. what we got today we wouldn't have gotten today if it wasn't for the fight that the family

Coleman, a former prosecutor, civil rights attorney and nbc news legal analyst, and david nakamura from "the washington post" will join us, too. he's covered this trial extensively. ron, take us through the charges. what does it mean for the men already convicted in state court? >> reporter: the jury reached their verdicts in about three hours or less. we were shocked this morning that they had just begun the deliberations and the next thing we're hearing they had a verdict. they did this very quickly, and it was a unanimous verdict, up and down the five counts, guilty on all charges. the char...

Soon after a federal jury returned guilty verdicts Tuesday in the hate crimes trial of three white men who killed Ahmaud Arbery, his mother vented against the federal prosecutors who offered a plea deal as much as she expressed relief about the trial’s outcome.

BRUNSWICK, Ga. — The three white men convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting were found guilty of federal hate crimes Tuesday, Feb. 22 for violating Arbery’s civil rights