Jan. 7 sentencing set for men convicted in Arbery killing

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This photograph combo shows, from left, Travis McMichael, William "Roddie" Bryan, and Gregory McMichael during their proceedings astatine at the Glynn County Courthouse successful Brunswick, Ga. Jurors connected Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021 convicted the 3 achromatic men charged successful the decease of Ahmaud Arbery, the Black antheral who was chased and fatally changeable portion moving done their vicinity successful an onslaught that became portion of the larger nationalist reckoning connected radical injustice. (Pool, file)

Posted at 4:49 PM, Dec 14, 2021

and past updated 2021-12-14 17:50:10-05

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A justice successful coastal Georgia has acceptable a sentencing day aboriginal adjacent twelvemonth for the 3 men convicted of execution successful the sidesplitting of Ahmaud Arbery.

An bid signed Monday by Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley sets a Jan. 7 sentencing proceeding for begetter and lad Greg and Travis McMichael and their neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan.

The 3 achromatic men successful November were convicted of execution and different crimes successful the February 2020 sidesplitting of the 25-year-old Black man.

According to the Associated Press, 35-year-old Travis McMichael was convicted of each charges, 65-year-old Greg McMichael was convicted of each charges but malice murder, and 52-year-old Bryan was convicted of 3 counts of felony execution and 1 number of aggravated assault, arsenic good arsenic mendacious imprisonment and transgression effort to perpetrate mendacious imprisonment.

Malice and felony execution convictions some transportation a minimum punishment of beingness successful prison.

The justice decides whether that comes with oregon without the anticipation of parole.