No real justice for Laken Riley: Letters to the Editor Nov. 26, 2024
Justice was not served in the sentencing of Venezuela gang member Jose Ibarra to life in prison (“Justice & madness,” Nov.21).There is no doubt that Laken Riley would be alive today if it were not for the open-border policies of President Biden, Vice President Harris and Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas.If we had accountability and real justice, all of the above would be on death row for gross negligence for the murder of Ms.
Riley.This is not to mention all the other deaths and suffering caused by these irresponsible, nefarious and unconscionable policies.Jim MillarFitzwilliam, NHThank God the judge presiding over the trial of Laken Riley’s killer found Jose Ibarra guilty and sentenced him to life in prison without parole.So now the American taxpayer has the privilege of providing for this scumbag for the rest of his life? Why isn’t he being deported?Marsha MotzenEnglewood, NJThe illegal immigrant who callously took the life of Laken Riley will now get three meals a day and live out the rest of his life in a cell.Laken’s loved ones will never get the opportunity to have their life sentence commuted.This murderer is part of the reason that President-elect Donald Trump won so decisively.
Only Trump has vowed to clean up the Biden-Harris mess that allowed illegal criminals and gangs to terrorize American citizens.This poor young woman went out for a run and ended up the victim of someone who was “hunting” women and should have never been in the country but was, thanks to Biden and Harris.Jan.
20 can’t come soon enough.Betsy FlorPutnam ValleyIf I drove illegal immigrant Jose Ibarra to the bank so he could rob it, I should be charged with accessory to a crime.Yet others flew illegal migrant Jose Ibarra to Atlanta so he could continue his illegal activities.
He then raped and beat to death Laken Riley.These governors and mayors not only deflect any connection to the crime or the criminal, but say they are as pure as the driven snow.They wo...