REDSTATE | Published November 22, 2024
The heart-wrenching tale of Laken Riley, it seems, is not quite over yet. Laken’s killer, Jose Ibarra, has been sentenced to life behind bars without the possibility of parole, and you would think that would to be the end of it. But a Georgia state senator, Republican Colton Moore, is calling on the Georgia Attorney General to intervene and call for the death penalty for Ibarra:
Jose Ibarra, a 26-year-old illegal immigrant who received taxpayer-funded flights, was found guilty Wednesday of stalking, raping and murdering Riley in February. The nursing student, out for an early morning run on the University of Georgia campus, fought her attacker for approximately 18 minutes but died from blunt force trauma. Ibarra bashed her skull with a rock after dragging her off a wooded trail, prosecutors said.
“I am officially calling on Attorney General Chris Carr to file an emergency motion to intervene and demand the death penalty for the murderer of Laken Riley,” state Sen. Colton Moore, a Republican, wrote on X. “District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez let her radical political agenda stand in the way of justice. By refusing to seek the death penalty, she denied Laken’s family, friends, and community the full measure of justice they deserve.”
The X post ends with:
Join me in calling on AG Chris Carr to demand the death penalty for Jose Ibarra.
There would appear to be enough evidence to preclude any risk of executing the wrong man. Ibarra’s DNA was found under Laken Riley’s fingernails, and Ibarra had scratches on his neck that appeared to have been made by Laken’s fingernails as she fought her attacker. The death penalty question then becomes one of the state of Georgia’s processes.
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SOURCE: www.redstate.com
RELATED: The System Finally Worked for Laken Riley — Long After Her Entirely Avoidable Murder
TOWNHALL | Published November 24, 2024
As we covered yesterday, the illegal immigrant who murdered nursing student Laken Riley has at last been convicted of that heinous crime. A judge found him guilty, across the board. He will go away for a very long time. The verdict, while clearly supported by the evidence and absolutely essential for the cause of justice, represents the first time in this horrific saga that the system didn’t fail the victim. And that modicum of ‘success’ comes far, far too late. Listen to Riley’s mother weep as the word ‘guilty’ echoes through the courtroom, over and over. Ten counts, ten convictions:
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