Subject: Re: Justice for Laken Riley
Her illegal alien killer, who was caught, then paroled into the country, housed in a former luxury hotel and then flown to Atlanta (all paid for by the taxpayer) has been found guilty on all 10 counts for the murder of Laken Riley.

Hopefully Georgia still has the death penalty. - Dope

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For some reason I think the death penalty was taken off the table for this POS.

I did find this. It reads to me that a jury trial is necessary for the death penalty to be imposed.


Was the death penalty on the table in Laken Riley case?

No, prosecutors before the trial chose not to pursue the death penalty against Jose Ibarra but, according to Associated Press reporting this month, did notify the court in a filing that they were seeking life without parole.

Under Georgia law, a death penalty sentence cannot be given by the court unless "the jury verdict includes a finding of at least one statutory aggravating circumstance and a recommendation that such sentence be imposed." (O.C.G.A. § 17-10-31) However in this case there was no jury, and O.C.G.A. § 17-10-31 stipulates that "this Code section shall not affect a sentence when the case is tried without a jury or when the judge accepts a plea of guilty."

O.C.G.A. § 17-10-30 meanwhile states: "The jury, if its verdict is a recommendation of death, shall designate in writing, signed by the foreman of the jury, the aggravating circumstance or circumstances which it found beyond a reasonable doubt. In nonjury cases the judge shall make such designation."