One of the three men convicted of chasing down and murdering Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed Black man, in the US state of Georgia is set to stand trial in a federal hate crime case after changing his plea to not guilty.The switch comes after a US District Court judge rejected the terms of a plea deal Gregory McMichael and his son, Travis, reached with federal prosecutors.Lawyers for Gregory McMichael and federal prosecutors filed a joint notice of withdrawal of his plea agreement on Thursday, saying the deal is “null and void” and that both sides were “ready for trial”.
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