President Joe Biden said Wednesday the guilty verdicts in the trial for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery "reflect our justice system doing its job," but added, "that alone is not enough." [Source]
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Georgia prosecutors proved Ahmaud Arbery's killers guilty of murder. Now, lawyers for the federal government will try to prove they chased down the 25-year-old jogger because he was Black.
Ahmaud Arbery's mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, discusses her reference to the defense attorney's closing argument about his "long, dirty toenails" in her victim impact statement.
Before he sentenced three men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery in south Georgia to life in prison, Judge Timothy R. Walmsley held a minute of silence Friday, saying he hoped to contextualize the time the 25-year-old spent being chased by the defendants.
The three White men who chased and murdered Ahmaud Arbery are due to return Friday to the Glynn County Courthouse where they were convicted to learn whether they'll spend their lives in prison.
