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January 31, 2022

Ahmaud Arbery's Family, Lawyers Condemn DOJ's "Back-Room Plea Deal" with Convicted Murderers
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In Georgia, two of the three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery
reached a plea deal with the Justice Department in their federal hate
crimes case, according to court documents. Lawyers and the family of
Ahmaud Arbery, who was chased down and shot dead by the men while out
jogging in 2020, condemned the "back-room plea deal" and are appearing
in court today to oppose it. The deal would reportedly allow Gregory and
Travis Mc Michael to serve the first 30 years of their life sentences in
a federal prison instead of a state prison and avoid their federal
trial.


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