Murder of Ahmaud Arbery
On January 31, 2022, Travis McMichael offered to plead guilty to federal hate crimes.  In exchange, lawyers for the government said he could spend the first 30 years of his sentence in a federal prison, then go to a Georgia state prison.  However, Judge Lisa Godbey Wood of the U.S. District Court said no.  It is very unusual for a judge to refuse a plea deal that prosecutors have made with a defendant.  This means McMichael would go on trial for hate crimes.