Man who fatally shot black jogger Ahmaud Arbery gets second life sentence on hate crimes charge
The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black man jogging through his Georgia neighborhood in 2020, was sentenced again to life in prison on federal hate crime charges.
Travis McMichael, 36, who fatally shot Arbery, was sentenced Monday to life plus 10 years in prison.
Travis, his father, Gregory McMichael, 66, and their neighbor, William ‘Roddie’ Bryan, 52, were convicted of murder in a state trial last November and sentenced to life in prison, with both McMichaels denied the possibility of parole.
In February, the three white men were all found guilty of violating Arbery’s rights and targeting him because of his race when they confronted him in February 2020 while he was on a run through their coastal Georgia neighborhood.
US District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood will decide later Monday whether Gregory McMichael and Bryan will face an additional life sentence.
The judge on Monday also said that Travis McMichael would have to serve his sentence in a state prison, instead of the federal prison his attorneys requested.
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