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Ahmaud Arbery's killers deny racist motives in appeals

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Three white men sentenced to prison in the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery are asking an appeals court to throw out their federal hate crime convictions.

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One of Arbery’s killers moved to medical prison in Georgia

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One of the men convicted of chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery in a Georgia neighborhood in 2020 has been moved to a medical prison, according to Georgia Department of Corrections records.

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Hearing delayed for ex-DA charged in wake of Ahmaud Arbery killing

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A judge has postponed a court hearing this week for a former Georgia prosecutor charged with meddling in the police investigation of the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

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Arbery's killers scheduled for August hate crimes sentencing

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Sentencing is set for Aug. 1 for three white men convicted of federal hate crimes for chasing and killing Black man Ahmaud Arbery.

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Jury foreman: Ahmaud Arbery killers showed `so much hatred'

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The Black man who served as foreman of the jury that returned hate crime convictions against the men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery says he believes the verdicts show no one is above the law.

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I-TEAM: What will prison life be like for 3 men convicted of federal hate crimes?

Read full article: I-TEAM: What will prison life be like for 3 men convicted of federal hate crimes?

The News4JAX ITEAM is looking into what life will be like for the 3 men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery and NOW convicted of federal hate crimes.

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Arbery’s shooter withdraws guilty plea on hate crime charge

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The man convicted of murder for shooting Ahmaud Arbery is withdrawing his guilty plea on a federal hate crime charge.

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Greg McMichael won’t plead to hate crime in Arbery death

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The man who initiated the deadly chased that led to the killing of Ahmaud Arbery has reversed course and decided not to plead guilty to a federal hate crime charge.

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Judge rejects plea deal for man who killed Ahmaud Arbery

Read full article: Judge rejects plea deal for man who killed Ahmaud Arbery

A federal judge rejected a plea agreement Monday that would have averted a hate crimes trial for the white man convicted of murder for fatally shooting Ahmaud Arbery, whose parents angrily objected to the deal as unfair and unjust.

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Plea deals filed for two of the men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery

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New court documents reveal federal prosecutors have reached plea agreements with the father and son convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery.

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One more hearing for Ahmaud Arbery’s killers ahead of federal hate crimes trial

Read full article: One more hearing for Ahmaud Arbery’s killers ahead of federal hate crimes trial

Ahmaud Arbery’s killers will be one step closer to their federal hate crimes trial after the final pretrial hearing on Monday.

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‘I see his execution in my mind over and over’: Family shares grief as Arbery’s killers sentenced to life

Read full article: ‘I see his execution in my mind over and over’: Family shares grief as Arbery’s killers sentenced to life

Before a judge determines Friday whether the three men convicted in the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery will be given the possibility of parole for their mandatory life sentences, Arbery’s family shared with the court how his murder has impacted their lives.

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Attorney for one of Arbery’s convicted killers plans to challenge constitutionality of mandatory life sentence

Read full article: Attorney for one of Arbery’s convicted killers plans to challenge constitutionality of mandatory life sentence

With his client facing a mandatory term of life in prison for felony murder, attorney Kevin Gough told News4JAX that he plans to challenge the constitutionality of that sentence ahead of Friday’s sentencing hearing for the three men convicted in Ahmaud Arbery’s slaying.

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Arbery killers get life in prison; no parole for father, son

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Three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery have been sentenced to life in prison, with a judge denying any chance of parole for the father and son who armed themselves and initiated the deadly pursuit of the 25-year-old Black man.

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Jan. 7 sentencing set for men convicted in Arbery killing

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A judge in coastal Georgia has set a sentencing date early next year for the three men convicted of murder in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

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Broader jury pool sought for Arbery death hate crimes trial

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Attorneys in the upcoming federal hate crimes trial of the white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery want the jury pool to come from an expansive area of Georgia.

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Defense attorney says ‘shame on GoFundMe’ after campaign for one of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers shut down

Read full article: Defense attorney says ‘shame on GoFundMe’ after campaign for one of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers shut down

Two online fundraisers for William “Roddie” Bryan have been shut down, including a GoFundMe page.

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Their own words may have doomed men who killed Ahmaud Arbery

Read full article: Their own words may have doomed men who killed Ahmaud Arbery

The video of Ahmaud Arbery’s shotgun death was a shocking piece of evidence that suddenly brought the Black man’s killing into the national consciousness.

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Attorney on Arbery verdict: Without video, ‘I’m not sure we’d be here at all’

Read full article: Attorney on Arbery verdict: Without video, ‘I’m not sure we’d be here at all’

Both the prosecution and the defense in the trial over the death of Ahmaud Arbery used video of the 25-year-old man’s killing as a way to try and prove their case to the jury.

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Defense attorney: McMichaels ‘honestly believe that what they were doing was the right thing’

Read full article: Defense attorney: McMichaels ‘honestly believe that what they were doing was the right thing’

After about 10 hours of deliberations, jurors on Wednesday convicted the three white men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, the Black man who was chased and fatally shot while running through their Georgia neighborhood.

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EXPLAINER: Trio guilty of killing Ahmaud Arbery. What now?

Read full article: EXPLAINER: Trio guilty of killing Ahmaud Arbery. What now?

The killing got captured on video and shared around the world.

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All 3 men charged in Arbery's death convicted of murder

Read full article: All 3 men charged in Arbery's death convicted of murder

Jurors have convicted the three white men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery.

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Group prays for Ahmaud Arbery’s family, jurors, community

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As the jury in the trial of three men charged with murder in the death of Ahmaud Arbery deliberated inside the Glynn County Courthouse on Tuesday, clergy members, activists and community members gathered outside.

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Attorneys make final case to jurors in Ahmaud Arbery death trial

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Attorneys on Monday offered their final words to the jury in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

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Attorneys make final case to jurors in Ahmaud Arbery's death

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Attorneys offered final words to the jury in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, the 25-year-old Black man who was fatally shot last year while running in Georgia.

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Facebook posts in Arbery trial reflect online neighbor fear

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Months before Ahmaud Arbery was killed, shooter Travis McMichael posted a simple, chilling response to a Facebook post about a suspected car burglary on his Georgia neighborhood: “Arm up.”.

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Attorney accuses Arbery advocates of `lynching' defendants

Read full article: Attorney accuses Arbery advocates of `lynching' defendants

A defense attorney in the murder trial over Ahmaud Arbery's death is likening a large courthouse rally and other actions supporting the slain Black man's family to a “public lynching” of the white defendants.

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Man who shot Arbery testifies: ‘He had my gun. He struck me’

Read full article: Man who shot Arbery testifies: ‘He had my gun. He struck me’

Defense lawyers now get their turn in the murder trial of three white men for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

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Man who shot Arbery testifies: 'He had my gun. He struck me'

Read full article: Man who shot Arbery testifies: 'He had my gun. He struck me'

The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery has testified at his murder trial that the 25-year-old Black man forced him to make a split-second “life or death” decision by attacking him and grabbing his shotgun.

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Prosecution rests in trial of men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery

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Ahmaud Arbery’s autopsy photos are being shown to jurors at the murder trial of three white men who chased the Black man down before he was fatally shot in their neighborhood last year.

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Tensions flare in Arbery death trial as Jesse Jackson visits

Read full article: Tensions flare in Arbery death trial as Jesse Jackson visits

A judge is denying requests to declare a mistrial in the case of three white men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery.

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EXPLAINER: What the defense in Arbery’s killing is arguing

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Georgia's citizen's arrest and self-defense laws are key to the defense strategy in the trial of the three white men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

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Arbery slaying trial: Grim photos, police testimony dominate Week 1

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Jurors in the trial of three white men charged in Ahmaud Arbery’s killing saw graphic photos of the shotgun wounds that killed him.

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Officer: Ahmaud Arbery would have received trespass warning

Read full article: Officer: Ahmaud Arbery would have received trespass warning

A police officer says he would have given Ahmaud Arbery a warning for trespassing inside the unfinished home from which the young Black man was seen running before he was chased and fatally shot.

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Attorney: No more `Black pastors' in court for Arbery case

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An attorney for one of three white men standing trial in the death of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia says he doesn't want “any more Black pastors” in the courtroom.

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Defendant: Ahmaud Arbery 'trapped like a rat' before slaying

Read full article: Defendant: Ahmaud Arbery 'trapped like a rat' before slaying

One of the three white men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery told police they had the 25-year-old Black man “trapped like a rat” before he was fatally shot.

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One Black juror, 11 whites to hear trial over Arbery slaying

Read full article: One Black juror, 11 whites to hear trial over Arbery slaying

The judge in the trial of three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery has declined to override decisions in jury selection that left just one Black juror on the final panel of 12.

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Only ⅓ people screened so far in Ahmaud Arbery slaying trial qualify for jury pool

Read full article: Only ⅓ people screened so far in Ahmaud Arbery slaying trial qualify for jury pool

Jury selection in the trial of three men charged with chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery is slogging through a second with,

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Defense seeks extension in hate crime case tied to Arbery killing

Read full article: Defense seeks extension in hate crime case tied to Arbery killing

Defense attorneys for the three Georgia men facing federal hate crime charges in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery are asking for more time to file motions in the case.

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GBI arrests man who filmed Ahmaud Arbery’s killing

Read full article: GBI arrests man who filmed Ahmaud Arbery’s killing

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has arrested the man credited with filming the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, the 25-year-old man whose death has sparked unrest after video of his killing surfaced this month. GBI agents are still inside William Roddy Bryan’s home after his arrest for felony murder. McMichael said another man, identified only as “Roddy” tried to “block (Arbery) which was unsuccessful,” the report said. It shows one man standing in the bed of the truck while another is positioned near the driver’s side door. Arbery can be seen punching a man holding what appears to be a shotgun, who fires a third shot.

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