BRUNSWICK, Ga.—The man convicted of murder for shooting Ahmaud Arbery withdrew his guilty plea on a federal hate crime charge Friday, electing to stand trial for a second time in the 2020 killing of the black man. Travis McMichael reversed his plan to plead guilty in the federal case days after a U.S. District Court judge rejected terms of a plea deal between defense attorneys and prosecutors that was met with passionate objections by Arbery’s parents. Asked by U.S. District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood for his decision, McMichael said: “I withdraw the plea.” That means all three men convicted of Arbery’s murder will return to court for the federal trial next week, after plea deals for McMichael and his father fell apart. Greg McMichael backed down from a plan to plead guilty in a legal filing late Thursday. Wood has scheduled jury selection in the hate crimes trial to begin …
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