The convicted murderer of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley may now end up escaping justice. Illegal alien Jose Ibarra is currently serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for Miss Riley’s murder, but now the sentencing judge, Patrick Haggard, has signed off on an order that Ibarra undergo a mental evaluation to determine whether he was fit to stand trial.
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Laken Riley’s killer cinched a major court win when a judge ruled the illegal immigrant should be mentally evaluated after his lawyers claimed he wasn’t competent to stand trial last year.
Jose Ibarra — a Tren de Aragua gangbanger — was convicted of the vicious murder of the promising 22-year-old nursing student in November and was sentenced to life without parole by Judge Patrick Haggard.
Haggard, however, on Thursday signed off on an order that Ibarra be evaluated after his lawyers last month claimed he lacked the