The father and son convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery have reached a plea deal on federal hate crime charges, according to court documents the US attorneys filed late Sunday. Parents of the late Arbery have denounced the deal as betrayal, and called on the judge to reject it in a Georgia courtroom early Monday. In a statement, Arbery’s mother Wanda Cooper-Jones accused the Department of Justice of acting in bad faith. ‘This proposed plea is a huge accomodation to the men who hunted down and murdered Ahmaud Arbery,’ Merritt said. ‘Wanda Cooper Jones kept her promise to Ahmaud Arbery to get her son justice.

Source: The Nation January 31, 2022 22:02 UTC