Published: 19:18 EST, 7 January 2022 | Updated: 05:16 EST, 8 January 2022
- Travis McMichael, 36, Gregory McMichael, 66, and William Roddie Bryan, 52, were sentenced on Friday
- The men were led from court in handcuffs, while members of the New Black Panther Party protested outside
- The McMichaels were both sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole
- Bryan will be eligible for parole but only after he serves the mandatory minimum of 30 years in prison
- Judge Timothy Walmsley called the murder ‘chilling’ and ‘disturbing’
- Prosecutors chose not to seek the death penalty for any of the men during their trial in November
- Ahmaud Arbery’s mother, father and sister all gave victim impact statements on Friday
- They asked the judge to impose the maximum sentence on all three men
- The 26-year-old was gunned down while out jogging on February 23, 2020