Following less than a day of deliberations, a Georgia jury has delivered a unanimous verdict of guilty on all counts against defendants Travis McMichael, his father Greg McMichael, and their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan in their federal hate crimes trial for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

The jury found that racism motivated the pursuit and shooting of Arbery by the defendants as he fled from them through a coastal suburb in February 2020.

Charged with violating Arbery's civil rights, kidnapping, and for the McMichaels, an additional charge of use of a firearm to commit a crime, all three men face a possible life sentence. All three were already convicted of murdering Arbery in a state trial last year and sentenced to life in prison.

The defendants, who originally sought a plea agreement with the Justice Department, will have 14 days to appeal.

Over four days of testimony during last week's trial, witnesses recalled racist remarks by Gregory and Travis McMichael, and prosecutors cited copious examples of racist texts and other messages from the defendants in digital evidence.