A father, son and neighbor were sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of murdering 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery as he ran through a neighborhood near Brunswick, Georgia, in the United States in February 2020.
Judge Timothy Walmsley sentenced Travis McMichael, who shot Arbery, and his father Gregory McMichael, who watched the gunshot from the back of a pickup truck, to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
His neighbor William Bryan, who recorded a video of Arbery’s last moments, was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the death. Bryan, 52, will not be eligible for parole under Georgia law until he has served 30 years in prison for being convicted of serious violent crimes.
In addition to the life sentences for murder, Walmsley has imposed additional convictions on other criminal charges.
For Travis McMichael, 35, Walmsley imposed additional prison terms of 20 years for McMichael’s assault and five years for his attempt to commit a serious crime.
For Gregory McMichael, the judge imposed additional prison terms of 20 years for McMichael’s assault, 10 years for a false prison sentence and five years for his attempt to commit a serious crime.
In both cases, the judge said that the additional sentences will be served concurrently, but consecutively, with life imprisonment, totaling a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole and an additional 20 years in prison.
For William “Roddie” Bryan Jr., the judge imposed additional prison terms of 10 years for his false prison sentence and five years for his attempt to commit a serious crime. The judge ordered the suspension of the additional 15-year sentence, resulting in a total sentence of life imprisonment with the possibility of parole.
In November, a jury of nine white women, two white men and one black man found the group guilty on state charges of murder, assault, false arrest and attempted serious crime.
What happens next: the three men’s defense teams said they plan to appeal their clients’ convictions. The men will be back in court in February for the start of their federal trial, where they will face hate crime charges for Arbery’s death.
Reference: CNN Brasil
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