President-elect Trump weighed in on the sentencing of the Venezuelan man charged for killing Georgia pupil Laken Riley earlier this yr, hailing the decision as “justice.”
“JUSTICE FOR LAKEN RILEY!” Trump posted Wednesday to his Fact Social website. “The Illegal who killed our beloved Laken Riley was just found GUILTY on all counts for his horrific crimes.”
A Georgia choose discovered Jose Ibarra, 26, responsible on all prices after 4 days of trial, The Related Press reported.
Ibarra confronted ten prices, together with one depend of malice homicide, three counts of felony homicide. He additionally confronted one depend every of kidnapping, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, hindering an emergency phone name, tampering with proof and being a peeping tom.
The defendant, a migrant from Venezuela, was sentenced to life in jail with out the potential of parole.
Riley, a 22-year-old school pupil, was killed whereas jogging in a park on the College of Georgia campus in February. Her dying grew to become a flashpoint in politics over the election cycle, with Republicans pointing her dying to the nation’s immigration disaster and the Biden administration’s efforts.
Riley died of blunt pressure trauma, and there was no connection between her and Ibarra earlier than the crime, College of Georgia Police Chief Jeff Clark stated within the spring.
Her dying garnered nationwide consideration, each from Trump and Republicans pushing for immigration reform, and President Biden, who expressed his “deepest condolences.”
In his submit, Trump stated he hopes Riley’s dying will carry “some peace and closure” to her household.
“We love you, Laken, and our hearts will always be with you,” he wrote. “It is time to secure our Border, and remove these criminals and thugs from our Country, so nothing like this can happen again!”
On Monday, Trump signaled he would declare an immigration nationwide emergency and use army belongings to help his mass deportation plan when he returns to the White Home.
Immigration advocates are bracing for govt motion on immigration throughout his second time period, however questions stay about how he would go about legally and logistically deporting thousands and thousands of migrants.
