The Venezuelan man convicted of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in a case that became a flashpoint in the national debate over immigration.
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00:00Lakin was an amazing friend, sister, niece, daughter, and granddaughter. Anyone who
00:07knew her knew about her loving heart. Lakin's life was not the only life taken
00:14on that day that Hosea Barra attacked her. The life of her family and friends
00:19was taken too. None of us will ever be the same. This monster took away our
00:25chances to see Lakin graduate from nursing school. He took away our ability
00:30to meet our future son-in-law. He destroyed our chances of meeting our
00:36grandchildren, and he took my best friend.
00:42Hosea Antonio Ibarra has completely and utterly ruined my life, and I can only
00:49hope and pray that he receives a sentence that ruins his. Thank you. I
00:53cannot imagine running when I constantly am looking over my shoulder
00:57in public wondering if I am next. I live with excruciating guilt
01:07every day that I was not accompanying Lakin on this run, and that it was her
01:13and not me, and I hope and pray that it will never happen again to anyone.
01:19There's very little, including the sentence of Mr. Ibarra, that's going to
01:26help much, and I acknowledge that.
01:34With that, Mr. Ibarra, if you will please stand.
01:40Count one, malice murder. I sentence you to life without the possibility of parole.
01:50Count two will be vacated as a matter of operation of law. Count three, vacated by
02:01operation of law. Count four, vacated by operation of law.