BRUNSWICK, Ga. — The three men convicted of Ahmaud Arbery’s murder were found guilty Tuesday morning of federal hate crimes.
The decision was reached about 9:50 a.m. Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood said. It was announced at 10:30 a.m. after less than four hours of deliberations.
Arbery, 25, was killed two years ago Wednesday in the Satilla Shores subdivision just outside Brunswick after being chased for five minutes by Travis McMichael, his father Greg and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan. All three defendants were convicted of murder last year and sentenced in January to life in prison. Only Bryan, now 52, was given the possibility of parole.