Ahmaud Arbery's killers ask a US appeals court to overturn their hate crime convictions

FILE - This combination of photos shows, from left, Travis McMichael, William "Roddie" Bryan and Gregory McMichael during their trial at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga. The three white men are asking a U.S. appeals court to throw out their hate crime convictions in the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery. The 25-year-old Black man was chased by men driving pickup trucks and fatally shot in the streets of a coastal Georgia subdivision. Oral arguments are scheduled for Wednesday, March 27, 2024 before the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Pool, File)