Judge in Ahmaud Arbery's Case , Rejects Murderer's Plea Deal.<br />Judge in Ahmaud Arbery's Case , Rejects Murderer's Plea Deal.<br />The deal had been agreed upon by federal prosecutors and two of the three defendants convicted of killing Arbery.<br />Analysts of the U.S. Judge Lisa Wood's rejection of deal say that it came in light of one of the defendants' admission that race played a role in Arbery's murder.<br />Analysts of the U.S. Judge Lisa Wood's rejection of deal say that it came in light of one of the defendants' admission that race played a role in Arbery's murder.<br />[Defendant Travis McMichael] made assumptions about Ahmaud Arbery that he would not have made if Ahmaud Arbery had <br />been white, Text of Plea Agreement, via Reuters.<br />Federal prosecutors had agreed to allow at least one of the convicted murderers, Travis McMichael, .<br />to serve the first 30 years of their sentence in federal prison.<br />The federal prison conditions <br />in Georgia are considered to be <br />better than Georgia state prisons.<br />Judge Wood also acknowledged the words of Arbery's mother, .<br />who asked the court to block the deal.<br />Granting these men their preferred conditions of confinement will defeat me. It gives them one last chance to spit in my face after murdering <br />my son, Wanda Cooper-Jones, Mother of Ahmaud Arbery, <br />via Reuters.<br />The state of Georgia already gave these men exactly what they deserve. Please leave it that way, Wanda Cooper-Jones, Mother of Ahmaud Arbery, <br />via Reuters.<br />In handing down her decision about on the plea deal, <br />Judge Wood explained why she could not accept it.<br />If I accept it, it locks me in to <br />that sentence, U.S. District Judge Lisa Wood, via Reuters.<br />Federal plea deals are <br />rarely rejected by U.S. judges.<br />All three men are set for trial next week to face federal hate crimes charges
