Ahmaud Arbery's killers get life sentences
The judge sentenced Travis and Gregory McMichael to life without parole, and William "Roddie" Bryan to life with a possibility of parole.
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The judge sentenced Travis and Gregory McMichael to life without parole, and William "Roddie" Bryan to life with a possibility of parole.
The three men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery were sentenced to life in prison. Gregory and Travis McMichael do not have the possibility of parole. William "Roddie" Bryan is eligible for parole after 30 years. Mark Strassmann reports.
Nearly 130 years later, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards granted a posthumous pardon to Homer Plessy.
Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan were convicted in state murder charges in November.
"CBS Morning" lead national correspondent, David Begnaud, spent nearly a week interviewing the key people surrounding Louisiana's first posthumous pardon, descendants of the landmark Homer vs. Plessy segregation case. In 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Homer A. Plessy for sitting in a train car for "whites only." He died a convicted felon in 1925. This week, Governor John Bel Edwards pardoned him posthumously.
Ahmaud Arbery's family attorney, Lee Merritt, claims Travis and Greg McMichael asked the family of Ahmaud Arbery for a plea deal for their federal hate crime charges. Merritt and Arbery's mother, Wanda Cooper Jones, join "CBS Mornings" to explain why they turned them down and what they hope for during today's sentencing.
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