ALERT: It looks like Laken Riley’s killer is trying to con his way out of prison
July 9, 2025 | Vivek Saxena
Jose Ibarra, the Venezuelan illegal alien who killed Laken Riley, is seemingly trying to con his way out of prison with a mental health diagnosis.
Last November, a judge found Ibarra guilty of murder and sentenced him to life in prison without parole after he waived his right to a jury trial and chose a bench trial instead.
Months later, his attorneys are now trying to roll back the clock by claiming that he was too mentally challenged to understand what he was doing when he opted for a bench trial, not to mention when he committed Riley’s murder.
He’s “suffering from a congenital deficiency which could render the client incapable of preparing a defense and standing trial,” they wrote in a request to the court, according to the New York Post.
He “lacks the mental capacity to understand the nature and object and proceedings and council believes that this was in existence at the time of the offense and at the time of the trial,” they added.
Prosecutor Sheila Ross didn’t buy it.
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