external In the Media February 8, 2022 Mike Lawlor, associate professor of criminal justice, says that the federal charges were filed separately against those convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery, as Georgia did not have a hate crime law passed at the time of the murder. https://georgiarecorder.com/brief/jury-selection-to-start-this-week-in-federal-hate-crimes-trial-of-arbery-killers/ michael-lawlor news-all news-in-the-media year-2022 month-february name-michael-lawlor