Ahmaud Arbery’s Killer Sentenced To Life In Prison Plus 10 Years

The man who shot and killed Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man, while he was jogging in McMichael's neighborhood, was sentenced to life in prison on Monday.

Six months after McMichael was found guilty of federal hate crimes, he was sentenced.

According to NBC News, McMichael will be required to serve his sentence in a state prison, as his lawyer had requested.

Greg McMichael and William Bryan are both set to be sentenced on Monday.

The federal charges came months after the three men were convicted of murder in a state trial and sentenced to life in prison for chasing Arbery in trucks through their neighborhood in Glynn County, Georgia.

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Greg McMichael and Bryan could be sentenced to life in prison today.

Key Background

More than two months after the murder, footage of Arbery's death was made public. Bryan was taken into custody on May 21, 2020. The McMichaels and Bryan were found guilty of all federal charges against them in February of this year. The defense argued that the three men shot Arbery in self-defense because they thought he was a criminal. Federal prosecutors argued that racism was a factor in the three men's decision to chase and kill Arbery. George Floyd's murder at the hands of police officers in Minneapolis in the summer of 2020 led to Black Lives Matter protests across the country.

Further Reading

The man who killed Ahmaud Arbery was sentenced to life in prison.

McMichael was sentenced to 2nd life sentence for federal hate crime.