Laken Riley killer Jose Ibarra deserved the death penalty, not mercy from the left

Monstrous killer and Tren de Aragua gangbanger Jose Ibarra got sentenced Wednesday to life without parole for his February murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley.

It should have been death.

But Deborah Gonzalez, the leftist initially prosecutor in charge of the case, refused to seek the death penalty.

Jose Ibarra listens through an interpreter during his trial at Athens-Clarke County Superior Court, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, in Athens, Ga. AP

That obscenity was part of a policy she implemented in 2021, claiming that “collateral consequences to undocumented defendants” would determine how she charged them. 

Collateral consequences to undocumented defendants?

What about the people they rob, rape, and murder?

Ibarra, remember, was an illegal migrant invited here and then welcomed by the Biden administration: After jumping the border in 2022, he got bused on the taxpayer’s dime to New York City, to enjoy more taxpayer-funded food and shelter as he worked illegally in food delivery.

In 2023 he was arrested for child endangerment. The NYPD let him slip so fast that ICE says it had no time to issue a detainer — then the Biden crew paid for him to fly to Atlanta to join some kin. 

Then, in February of this year, Ibarra tried to sexually assault Riley as she jogged on the University of Georgia campus. 

She bravely fought back; Ibarra beat her to death with a rock. 

Almost from the start, Gonzalez made it clear that she intended to go as easy as possible on Ibarra — and while her pro-crime record sparked outrage that forced her to recuse herself and put a special prosecutor in charge, the damage was done. 

At every turn, in every moment, the nation and state and city that Riley called home failed and failed and failed her. 

And now they have failed her again. 

Yes, Gonzalez is now (thank God!) soon to be gone, crushed in a DA election along with other lefty prosecutors across the nation.  

Yes, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, who share responsibility for Riley’s death, will soon be gone too.

But for Laken and her loved ones, it’s far too late. 

The border policy Donald Trump has outlined is at this point the only way to end the carnage. 

But even that won’t heal the wounds. 

Or wash the blood from the hands of Gonzalez, Biden, and all of their progressive co-conspirators.