Arbery’s shooter withdraws guilty plea on hate crime charge

Published February 3, 2022 10:03 pm

By RUSS BYNUM
Associated Press

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The man convicted of murder for shooting Ahmaud Arbery is withdrawing his guilty plea on a federal hate crime charge. Travis McMichael announced his decision Friday in U.S. District Court, electing to stand trial for a second time in Arbery’s 2020 killing. The reversal came days after a judge rejected terms of a plea deal between defense attorneys and prosecutors that was met with stiff objections by Arbery’s parents. His father, Greg McMichael, also backed down from a planned guilty plea. Arbery was killed with a shotgun in February 2020 after a chase through a Georgia neighborhood. Jury selection will begin Monday in the hate crimes case against the McMichaels and a neighbor.

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