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As soon as the jury in the southeastern state of Georgia announced that Venezuelan Jose Antonio Ibarra (26 years old) was guilty of killing the American student Lakin Riley (22 years old), Trump wrote on his social media platform “Truth Social”: “Justice for Lakin Riley!”
The president-elect wrote this opinion even before the judge handed down the criminal’s sentence.
Trump said: “It’s time to secure our borders and get these criminals and gangs out of our country so nothing like this happens again!”
Trump has long made a mix of crime and illegal immigration one of his most important campaign files.
After the jury convicted the defendant on all ten counts against him, a judge sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of future parole.
Riley is a student at the University of Athens in Georgia, and her body was found in February near a lake next to the university city, where she was running.
Before the verdict was announced, many of the victim’s relatives spoke, including her younger sister, Lauren Phillips, who said she now lives in a “state a permanent state of fear, anger and sadness,” describing the accused as a “brutal predator.”
As the accused does not speak English fluently, he followed, with the help of an interpreter, all his trial procedures and sentencing.
The offender has 30 days to appeal the decision.
The case took a political turn when Republicans asked Democratic President Joe Biden to “apologise” to the victim’s family.
Republicans blamed this crime on what they said was a leniency policy by the Biden administration in controlling the border.
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As soon as the jury in the state of Georgia (southeast) announced that the Venezuelan Jose Antonio Ibarra (26 years old) was guilty of killing the American student Lakin Riley (22 years age), Trump wrote on his social media platform “Truth Social”: “Justice for Lakin Riley!”
The president-elect wrote this opinion even before the judge handed down the criminal’s sentence.
Trump said: “It’s time to secure our borders and get these criminals and gangs out of our country so nothing like this happens again!”
Trump has long made a mix of crime and illegal immigration one of his most important campaign files.
After the jury convicted the defendant on all ten counts against him, a judge sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of future parole.
Riley is a student at the University of Athens in Georgia, and her body was found in February near a lake next to the university city, where she was running.
Before the verdict was announced, many of the victim’s relatives spoke, including her younger sister, Lauren Phillips, who said she now lives in a “state a permanent state of fear, anger and sadness,” describing the accused as a “brutal predator.”
As the accused does not speak English fluently, he followed, with the help of an interpreter, all his trial procedures and sentencing.
The offender has 30 days to appeal the decision.
The case took a political turn when Republicans asked Democratic President Joe Biden to “apologise” to the victim’s family.
Republicans blamed this crime on what they said was a leniency policy by the Biden administration in controlling the border.
