Ga. man who started the pursuit of Ahmaud Arbery asks for leniency in hate crime sentencing

Greg McMichael, 66, is scheduled to be sentenced of hate crimes Monday in U.S. District Court along with his adult son, Travis McMichael, and their neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan.




SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - The white man who initiated the neighborhood chase that resulted in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery is asking a federal judge to show leniency when he's sentenced next week for a federal hate crime conviction.




While Greg McMichael deserves "a substantial period of incarceration," his defense attorney said in a legal filing, he should be spared a life sentence - though he has already been sentenced to life without parole on a separate murder conviction.... Read more


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