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Travis and Gregory McMichael saw their plea deals tossed by a federal judge earlier this week after Arberys family objected.
Travis McMichael reversed his plan to plead guilty in the federal case days after a U.S. District Court judge rejected terms of a plea deal.
The judge said she would reject an agreement for another of the men if it were brought to her. Arbery's mother called the deals a "betrayal."
A lawyer for Arberys family says the case is a litmus test for the justice system, and whether it will punish people who commit violent acts motivated by racism.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The evidence of racial bigotry not to presented at the murder trial of Ahmaud Arbery's killers is expected to be front and center in the hate crimes case.
Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael and William Roddie Bryan were all convicted of murdering Arbery in November.
Almost every state in the country allows citizens to act as police with sometimes deadly consequences. Some want these laws abolished.
The murder trials of Kyle Rittenhouse and three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery were united by a dangerous theme.
"I never saw this day back in 2020," his mother said after the verdict in Brunswick, Georgia. "I never thought this day would come.
The guilty verdicts for the three white men who murdered the Black jogger in 2020 "reflect our justice system doing its job," the president said.
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