[U] Life Without Parole -- Justice, Finally Arriving: In Arbery / Georgia Lynching Case.

To be sure, none of it will bring young Mr. Arbery back. [Updated: Roddy Bryant gets 35 years. . . the father and son get natural life without parole, and must serve the time in the Georgia state prison system, not the federal prison system. End update.]

Each of the other two will now die in prison.

[While they appeal their state court life sentences, today is the day they learn their federal hate crime sentences. First one? Life in prison; no parole.]

A sad but much-needed moment -- to begin to get closure here. Onward. If either of the other two get less than natural life, this afternoon -- I will report it as an update. [In the wake of the state court convictions in Mr. Arbery's lynching, Georgia state bar authorities have also filed a misconduct case against then-prosecutor Jackie Johnson, claiming that she obstructed law enforcement "by directing that Travis McMichael should not be placed under arrest, contrary to the laws of the State." Condor opines that she ought to be disbarred. It appears that, while a prosecutor, she secretly advised McMichael (an ex-cop) on how avoid ever being charged.]

The federal hate crimes, though are really "insurance policy" sentences: that is, in the highly unlikely event that any of them win out, in the appeals of their state court guilty verdicts, and sentences -- these federal hate crime life sentences. . . will remain in full force and effect -- denying any of them any sort of release from prison. Ever. Justice.

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