A progressive prosecutor in the Georgia county where Laken Riley was found murdered by an illegal immigrant lost her reelection bid. District Attorney of Athens-Clarke and Oconee counties, Deborah Gonzalez, lost by a landslide on Tuesday. Riley was a nursing student at Augusta University who was found dead near a lake on the University of Georgia campus on Feb. 22. MORE: Laken Riley murder: Jose Ibarra trial set for November as judge rules on pretrial motionsAt the time of her election to the top criminal justice spot, Gonzalez championed that she was "unapologetically" progressive. After Jose Ibarra, an illegal migrant from Venezuela, was charged with her murder, residents turned to elected officials for answers.

Source: Fox News November 06, 2024 15:33 UTC