"Appeals Court to Hear Ahmaud Arbery Killers' Hate Crime Conviction Appeal"

Attorneys for three White men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery are appealing their hate crime convictions, arguing that evidence of past racist comments didn't prove a racist intent. The men were found guilty of chasing and killing Arbery, a Black man, with pickup trucks in a Georgia subdivision. The appeals court heard oral arguments and the men's lawyers cited social media posts and text messages showing racist slurs, while arguing that the chase was based on mistaken suspicion of Arbery being a fleeing criminal, not his race. If the appeals court overturns their federal convictions, the men will remain in prison serving life sentences for murder in Georgia state prisons.