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Crime · United States

Laken Riley murder: Jose Ibarra's wife confronts him about crime, DNA in contentious phone call

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Jose Ibarra, the suspect accused of murdering Augusta University student Laken Riley in February while she was on a morning run, is back in court Monday for the second day of his trial.See the Story

Athens, Georgia · Athens

Why the prosecution in the trial for the murder of Laken Riley requested life imprisonment

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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — When Deborah Gonzalez ran for District Attorney of the Western Judicial Circuit of Georgia in 2020, she did not hide her position on capital punishment. “I do not support the death penalty,” Gonzalez wrote on Twitter, now X, in September 2020. “It is cruel and inhuman. As district prosecutor of Athens, Georgia, I will not apply for it in any prosecutions. The eye-for-eye argument does not repair our community. Restorat…See the Story

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How the Laken Riley murder changed the lives of students and nature lovers at the University of Georgia

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Belén Liotti Athens, Georgia (CNN) – – The five pairs of sneakers resting in front of a popular forest trail serve as a daily reminder of the race that Laken Riley never ended. In the nine months since Riley was beaten and killed in the Oconee Forest Park of the University of Georgia (UGA), students and recreational athletes have again used the natural path, but the tragedy changed their behavior. The judge listens to the arguments of Riley’s fa…See the Story

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