Leroy N. Soetoro
2024-11-22 22:52:17 UTC
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A 26-year-old migrant from Venezuela was convicted on Wednesday of
murdering Laken Riley, a Georgia nursing student whose killing has been
repeatedly cited by President-elect Donald J. Trump in his push for the
mass deportation of millions of undocumented people.
Ms. Riley, 22, was attacked in February while running on a trail on the
University of Georgia campus in Athens. A day later, the authorities
charged Jose Antonio Ibarra, a migrant who had entered the country
illegally, in connection with the killing.
Mr. Ibarra faced numerous charges, including malice murder and
aggravated assault with the intent to rape.
Judge H. Patrick Haggard of State Superior Court in Athens-Clarke County
found him guilty and sentenced him to life in prison without the
possibility of parole after a four-day bench trial. Judge Haggard
announced the verdict just minutes after lawyers concluded their
arguments, repeating a prosecutors earlier statement that the evidence
was overwhelming and powerful.
The judge, rather than a jury, decided the case at the request of Mr.
Ibarras lawyers after they tried unsuccessfully to move the case out of
Athens. On Wednesday, lawyers for Mr. Ibarra said that their decision to
seek a bench trial was based on concerns that a jury in Athens could not
review the evidence dispassionately.
For months, Ms. Rileys name had been invoked by conservatives, who
argued that her death had been the result of a failure by the Biden
administration to secure the nations borders. On the campaign trail,
Mr. Trump called Mr. Ibarra a monster. Representative Marjorie Taylor
Greene, Republican of Georgia, heckled President Biden about the case
during his State of the Union address, goading him into addressing it.
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