Posted on 02/29/2024 1:18:01 PM PST by nickcarraway
The Democrat District Attorney in charge of prosecuting the Venezuelan migrant accused of brutally murdering Laken Riley has removed herself from the case — amid criticisms that she has failed to secure a single guilty verdict the entire time she has been in office.
Athens-Clarke District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez appointed veteran attorney Sheila Ross to serve as a special prosecutor to instead handle the case against Jose Ibarra for murdering the 22-year-old nursing student who was innocently out for a run. “We will not allow this or any other case to be used for political gain,” Gonzalez said in a statement.
“Our top priority is the safety of every citizen, and we are fully committed to ensuring that justice is served for the loss of every life.”“M s. Gonzalez has failed to achieve one guilty verdict in a jury trial involving any type of criminal case,” attorney Kevin Epps, who is suing Gonzalez on behalf of an Athens bar owner, told WSB-TV.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Like ‘Alien Nation’ New Comers?
Prosecution should be fish in a barrel. For the senior prosecutor not to get a single conviction in a jury trial shows both an incredible level of incompetence and a complete inability to pick a jury.
(38-year prosecutor, all levels)
I hope that Deborah can give us an update on the health of her sugar daddy, George Soros.
No, killed for being an easy target.
I typed “killed for jogging while white” to use the Dims’ narrative of the murder of Arbery “jogging while black” a few years ago.
Maybe the only way justice would be served is to turn the perp over to the victim's family and let them decide the punishment.
Any rational excuses at all for why a DA has not had even one guilty verdict in a county-wide area?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.