McMichael’s attorney, Amy Lee Copeland, said he has already gotten “hundreds of threats” and pointed to a U.S. Justice Department investigation into the safety of Georgia’s prison system as cause to keep him out of a state facility.
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Travis McMichael, who was convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery, said he is worried he will be killed by fellow inmates if he serves his life sentence in a state facility. However, a judge denied his request to remain in federal custody. So reports NBC News.
McMichael’s attorney, Amy Lee Copeland, said he has already gotten “hundreds of threats” and pointed to a U.S. Justice Department investigation into the safety of Georgia’s prison system as cause to keep him out of a state facility.