I& #39;ve seen a lot of confusion on here about the fact that William "Roddie" Bryan was charged with felony murder, with people thinking that is somehow a lesser charge than intentional murder.

In this case, it& #39;s not.

Here& #39;s why. https://www.npr.org/2020/05/21/860593300/georgia-authorities-arrest-third-man-in-ahmaud-arbery-killing">https://www.npr.org/2020/05/2...

First, and critically, Travis and Gregory McMichael, were also arrested on felony murder charges. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/21/man-who-filmed-ahmaud-arberys-death-arrested-murder-charges-georgia-authorities-say/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/20...

In Georgia, unlike in most states, there are no degrees of murder. There is just murder.

There are two types of murder: malice murder and felony murder.

The penalty for both is either life in prison, life without parole or the death penalty.

Simplifying this greatly, a person commits malice murder when they have the intent to kill someone; they commit felony murder when they intend to commit a felony and during the course of commission of that felony they kill someone.