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Two men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery reach plea deals in hate crimes case

A federal hate crime trial for father and son Gregory and Travis McMichael is scheduled to begin in February.
Greg McMichael, center, and his son, Travis McMichael, left, look at family members seated in the gallery when they walk into the courtroom for the reading of the jury's verdict for themselves and a neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan in the Glynn County Courthouse on November 24, 2021 in Brunswick, Ga. The three men were changed with the February, 2020 fatal shooting of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery.

Prosecutors have reached a plea deal with two of the three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery in a federal hate crimes trial, according to court documents the U.S. attorneys filed late Sunday. They submitted a notice of two plea

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