A U.S. District Court judge rejected a plea deal that would have allowed a white man convicted in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery to serve a large part of his sentence in federal prison.
A plea deal purported to allow the white father and son convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery to serve time in federal prison is being slammed by Arbery's family.A U.S.
Following Travis McMichael's hearing on Monday, a second hearing was scheduled on the plea deal the government's attorneys negotiated with 66-year-old Gregory McMichael. However, Godbey Wood said her decision would be the same in the case of the elder McMichael, whose attorney agreed to cancel the hearing.Ahmaud Arbery, left, and his mother Wanda Cooper-Jones attend a graduation.
Godbey Wood gave both men the option to go forward with their guilty pleas and risk her giving them a harsher sentence than what they agreed to, or to withdraw their pleas and go to trial starting on Monday.Prior to the judge's decision, federal prosecutor Tara Lyons touted the plea deal as one that"powerfully advances the larger interest of justice."
"Here in this relatively early stage in the case, I can't say that 360 months is the precise, fair sentence in this case," Gobey Wood said."It could be more, it could be less, it could be that. But given the unique circumstances of this case and my desire to hear from all concerned regarding sentencing before I pronounce sentence, I am not comfortable accepting the terms of the plea agreement.
Clarke added,"Before signing the proposed agreement reflecting the defendants' confessions to federal hate crimes charges, the Civil Rights Division consulted with the victims' attorneys. The Justice Department entered the plea agreement only after the victims' attorneys informed me that the family was not opposed to it."
In response to Chauvin's plea deal, legal experts told ABC News that federal penitentiaries run by the Bureau of Prisons tend to better than state prisons. The experts said federal prisons have fewer overcrowding issues, more comfortable bunks and even better food and educational resources than often cash-strapped state prisons.
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