Ahmaud Arbery pursuer seeks leniency in hate crimes sentence

FILE - Greg McMichael looks at the gallery during the testimony of his son, Travis McMichael's in the trial of he, his son and William "Roddie" Bryan in the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga., Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. The man who initiated the neighborhood chase that resulted in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery is asking a federal judge to show leniency when he's sentenced next week for a federal hate crime conviction. Greg McMichael's defense attorney says in court filing that his client should be spared a life sentence. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, Pool, File)