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The three Georgia men convicted in the 2020 killing of 25-year-old jogger Ahmaud Arbery are in court today to ask for a new trial.
Travis McMichael, who delivered the deadly shot, was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. He was convicted on all nine charges: malice murder, four counts of felony murder, aggravated assault with a shotgun, aggravated assault (with a pickup truck}, false imprisonment and criminal intent to commit a felony.
Gregory McMichael was also sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. The former Georgia police officer was found not guilty of malice murder but was convicted on the remaining charges, including the felony murder counts.
William Bryan was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole. He was found guilty of three of the felony murder counts as well as charges of aggravated assault with his pickup truck, false imprisonment and criminal intent to commit a felony.
The McMichaels and Bryan had all pleaded not guilty to a nine-count state indictment.