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3 men face sentencing for federal hate crimes in Ahmaud Arbery's death

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The three white men who killed Ahmaud Arbery face sentencing for federal hate crimes Monday. Jurors found that race was a motivating factor when they chased and shot the Black jogger in 2020.

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

Three white men who killed Ahmaud Arbery are scheduled to be sentenced on federal hate crime charges today. Travis and Greg McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan are already serving life sentences after they were found guilty of murder. A federal jury found that race was a motivating factor when they chased down and shot the 25-year-old Black man as he jogged through their neighborhood in 2020. Benjamin Payne of Georgia Public Broadcasting reports.

BENJAMIN PAYNE, BYLINE²: Federal sentencing might seem to some like a moot³ point since the McMichaels and Bryan are already serving life sentences for murdering Arbery outside the small town of Brunswick, Ga., in February 2020. But today's hearings could decide whether the men will serve their time in a state prison in Georgia or in a federal prison, which is generally regarded as safer.

Ed Tarver is a former federal prosecutor⁴ for the Southern District of Georgia, the jurisdiction⁵ where the federal hate crime case was tried.

ED TARVER: Generally in matters like this, where you have a conviction in a state jurisdiction and then you have a conviction in a federal jurisdiction, the entity⁶ that has the first conviction is the one that will incarcerate⁷ those individuals.

PAYNE: However, a plea deal that federal prosecutors⁸ offered to the McMichaels before the trial would have seen the men first go to federal prison. That deal was rejected by a judge after hearing emotional testimony⁹ from members of the Arbery family who said that Ahmaud's killers¹⁰ shouldn't get to go to their prison of choice.

The scuttled¹¹ plea deal came as a surprise to Page Pate¹², a local attorney who is not involved with the case.

PAGE PATE: I've been practicing in federal criminal court for over 25 years. I cannot think of a single time where I've even had discussions about having the person's federal time basically take priority over state time when there's been a prior state conviction. That almost never happens in federal court.

PAYNE: But that did happen to former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was first convicted in a state court in the death of George Floyd and then pleaded guilty to federal charges. And as part of the deal, he would serve his time in a federal prison.

Arbery's mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, had harsh words for the Department of Justice in offering the initial deal to the McMichaels. Here she is outside the Brunswick Federal Courthouse in February after the guilty verdicts were announced.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

WANDA COOPER-JONES: I told the DOJ that, yes, they were prosecutors. But one thing they didn't have - they didn't have a son that was lying in a cold grave.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: Come on, now.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: All right.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #3: Come on, Wanda.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #4: Ooh, Lord.

COOPER-JONES: And they still didn't hear my cry. We got a victory today. But it's so many families out there who don't get victories.

PAYNE: The McMichaels have filed motions in court saying they're concerned for their safety in Georgia prisons. Travis McMichael says he's received more than 800 threats and that people are, in his words, waiting for him. In 2016, the federal judge in this case gave a lecture at the University of Georgia where she said, quote, "more than any other area of law, sentencing holds up a mirror to society and shows us who we are."

For NPR News, I'm Benjamin Payne in Brunswick, Ga.

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1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

3 moot   

v.提出；adj.未决议的；n.大会；辩论会

参考例句：

• The question mooted in the board meeting is still a moot point.那个在董事会上提出讨论的问题仍未决的。
• The oil versus nuclear equation is largely moot.石油和核能之间的关系还很有争议。

4 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

5 jurisdiction   

n.司法权，审判权，管辖权，控制权

参考例句：

• It doesn't lie within my jurisdiction to set you free.我无权将你释放。
• Changzhou is under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province.常州隶属江苏省。

6 entity   

n.实体，独立存在体，实际存在物

参考例句：

• The country is no longer one political entity.这个国家不再是一个统一的政治实体了。
• As a separate legal entity,the corporation must pay taxes.作为一个独立的法律实体，公司必须纳税。

7 incarcerate   

v.监禁，禁闭

参考例句：

• Why do you incarcerate yourself in the room every afternoon?你为何每天下午将自己关在房间里？
• Many people think that it is wrong to incarcerate criminals in confined quarters for as long as thirty years.很多人认为把罪犯监禁在禁闭营里达30年之久是不对的。

8 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

9 testimony   

n.证词；见证，证明

参考例句：

• The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
• He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。

10 killers   

凶手( killer的名词复数 )； 消灭…者； 致命物； 极难的事

参考例句：

• He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
• They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。

11 scuttled   

v.使船沉没( scuttle的过去式和过去分词 )；快跑，急走

参考例句：

• She scuttled off when she heard the sound of his voice. 听到他的说话声，她赶紧跑开了。
• The thief scuttled off when he saw the policeman. 小偷看见警察来了便急忙跑掉。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 pate   

n.头顶；光顶

参考例句：

• The few strands of white hair at the back of his gourd-like pate also quivered.他那长在半个葫芦样的头上的白发，也随着笑声一齐抖动着。
• He removed his hat to reveal a glowing bald pate.他脱下帽子，露出了发亮的光头。

13 transcripts   

n.抄本（ transcript的名词复数 ）；转写本；文字本；副本

参考例句：

• Like mRNA, both tRNA and rRNA are transcripts of chromosomal DNA. tRNA及rRNA同mRNA一样，都是染色体DNA的转录产物。 来自辞典例句
• You can't take the transfer students'exam without your transcripts. 没有成绩证明书，你就不能参加转学考试。 来自辞典例句

14 contractor   

n.订约人，承包人，收缩肌

参考例句：

• The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
• The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。

15 authoritative   

adj.有权威的，可相信的；命令式的；官方的

参考例句：

• David speaks in an authoritative tone.大卫以命令的口吻说话。
• Her smile was warm but authoritative.她的笑容很和蔼，同时又透着威严。