Editor’s note: A Georgia judge on Wednesday morning found Jose Antonio Ibarra, an illegal alien from Venezuela, guilty on all 10 counts in the murder of nursing student Laken Riley. Ibarra, who faces life in prison, waived his right to a jury trial.
The trial of the man accused of brutally murdering 22-year-old Laken Riley serves as a harrowing reminder of the failures of the criminal justice and immigration systems. Those systems, if they operate as they should, protect the most vulnerable among us.
Laken should be alive today, but a combination of misguided policies and systemic failures led to this preventable tragedy. Every layer of governance that was supposed to safeguard Laken and countless others failed us, especially our daughters who deserve to feel safe on college campuses.
We need to get back to basics and common sense so that this type of nightmare…
