On Wednesday, Judge H. Patrick Haggard found Jose Ibarra, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, guilty of brutally murdering 22-year-old Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. Ibarra received life in prison without the possibility of parole, as requested by prosecutors.
Though some may commend the American legal system for this outcome, in truth this verdict represents a gross miscarriage of justice. The severity of the crime, coupled with the fact that the perpetrator is an illegal alien and the victim was an American citizen, demands the death penalty.
He violated our nation’s sovereignty by entering illegally, leeched off the public dole for years, and then brutally murdered an American citizen. His punishment? He gets to stay in this country for the rest of his life on the taxpayer’s dime. That’s not justice; that’s a true consummation of President Joe…
