US Judge Sentences Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers To Life Behind Bars
The three white men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery in the United States have each been sentenced to life imprisonment.
Father and son Travis and Gregory McMichael were also denied the possibility of parole, while their neighbour, William Bryan, will be eligible for parole in 30 years.
As the sentence was handed down today, the judge held a minute of silence to commemorate Arbery’s life.
Arbery, 25, a resident of Brunswick, Georgia, was out jogging in an adjacent, predominantly white neighbourhood when the trio chased and cornered him in pick-up trucks before the younger McMichael shot him during a struggle.
The defendants argued they acted in self-defence while attempting to make a citizen’s arrest of a suspected burglar, but prosecutors argued race was a factor.
