Defense seeks extension in hate crime case tied to Arbery killing

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Citing measurement of find material, attorneys inquire for 60 much days to record motions

Travis McMichael (bearded connected acold left) and his begetter Greg McMichael (with goatee), on with William "Roddie" Bryan (on acold right, wearing mask) are each accused of execution successful the decease of Ahmaud Arbery. The trio besides faces national hatred transgression charges.

BRUNSWICK, Ga. – Defense attorneys for the 3 Georgia men facing national hatred transgression charges successful the shooting decease of Ahmaud Arbery are asking for much clip to record motions successful the case.

Gregory McMichael, his lad Travis and William Bryan are charged with interference with rights and attempted kidnapping successful the pursuit and decease of Arbery, who was killed during a Feb. 23, 2020, confrontation successful Brunswick’s Satilla Shores neighborhood.

The McMichaels besides look a number each of using, carrying and brandishing — and discharging successful Travis McMichael’s lawsuit — a firearm during and successful narration to a transgression of violence.

Defense seeks hold successful hatred transgression lawsuit tied to Arbery killing

All 3 person pleaded not blameworthy to those national charges, which are abstracted from the authorities charges each of them faces.

Attorneys representing the McMichaels and Bryan filed a question seeking a 60-day hold successful the national case, citing the ample measurement of find material, which includes thousands of pages of tribunal documents.

The trio’s attorneys besides told the tribunal they had occupation accessing machine files, immoderate of them recorded interviews, progressive successful the find process. The attorneys estimated they could get entree to those files by the extremity of the week.

A justice did not contented a ruling Monday connected the defence motion. He said helium volition instrumentality the defence arguments into information but indicated helium is leaning toward pushing backmost the deadline for motions by 30 days and past reevaluating.

Marcus Arbery Sr., Ahmaud’s father, told News4Jax aft Monday’s proceeding that the clip that has passed since his son’s sidesplitting hasn’t dulled the symptom of his family’s loss. He said it’s pugnacious for idiosyncratic who hasn’t mislaid a kid to recognize their hurt.

“Until you been done it, you can’t consciousness it,” Arbery Sr. told News4Jax. “So it’s hard each day. When we get immoderate justice, it’s going to easiness the symptom down conscionable a little. But it’ll ne'er spell distant due to the fact that we won’t spot him nary more.”

The men are acceptable to basal proceedings successful October to look execution charges successful Arbery’s killing. They person besides maintained their innocence successful that case.

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