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he is an undocumented venezuelan immigrant who showed no strong reaction. as the judge announced the verdict earlier today. he was found guilty on all ten counts, including malice murder, felony murder and aggravated assault. >> laken riley was a nursing student in athens georgia, and she was killed back in february as she was jogging through the woods at uga. prosecutors say forensic evidence shows that riley fought for her life for quite a long time. cnn's ryan young has been following the trial. and, ryan, walk us through what happened, what has happened in court so far today? >> yeah this has been tough to watch. in fact, about three minutes ago, one of her friends, a former roommate, was up and she actually indicated to the room there that she was wearing a blouse. that was lincoln riley's. and so you can only imagine what the pain is going through. the family members and the and her friends who are in that room everyone there was speaking about her immense faith, and they talked about her relationship with god and the fact that she wrote a letter to her future husband

just a few months before she was murdered. and it talked about how she was working on being a better person and getting closer to god. to put that in the center of her life, when you put this all together and you see the camera now focusing on jose ibarra, he's shown very little emotion. a lot of time when the family members have been talking, he has been staring down at that table in front of him. the father of lincoln riley, he was in there and he was shaking so hard while he was speaking. you could only imagine the emotion and the pain that he was going through. but laken riley mother was also just talking about her. life has changed forever. her best friend was taken away from her to get you back to how this all started. back in february of last year, she went for a run and she did that all the time. in fact some of these young ladies were her running partners and as she was running, she was attacked. the prosecution believes jose ibarra was the man who attacked her, and she fought for her life. but the prosecution also made the point that jose ibarra used a rock like a hammer and slammed it into her head. several different times,

fracturing her skull, then dragged her off that trail and then tried to sexually assault her. they found her partially clothed. the dna evidence led them to this location and on top of all that, they had video surveillance to show how he tried to hide different pieces of what was taken from that area. and they even talked about gloves that were cheap, that were torn that they were able to pull evidence from. and a hat that he had that had dna evidence on the prosecution case was very solid. we heard a 911 tape that lasted more than a minute where you could hear the pounding of that rock and it was very hard to listen to. but at the same time, the defense really had not much to offer in terms of defense for jose ibarra, we never figured out a motive. and today the defense even tried to throw jose ibarra brother under the bus, basically saying maybe he was involved in this case, but that didn't really stand the judge in this case. there was no trial, there was no jury there. so he basically was able to say he found him guilty in all ten counts. but honestly the victim impact statements have been gut wrenching to

listen to the pain in this community. laken riley sister got into georgia and now she walks around. she says she's in fear all the time as she walks on the campus, that she was so proud to get into. you can only imagine what this family has been through guys. >> yeah, she was saying that she was excited to live a lot closer to her sister by moving to campus. ryan young thank you so much for the update. let's go ahead and listen in to some of these victim impact statements live in the courtroom. >> your verdict ensures that jose experienced his lifelong pain. that is only a small glimpse of the pain. we will live with daily. since the loss of laken. no punishment will ever truly account for what jose has done. but it is my hope that justice will honor lincoln's memory and the profound impact she had on all of our lives. thank you

you >> can you read it? >> i can, okay, so your honor, um miss, uh kerry howell will be reading the statement for abby. and this is abby's statement that she prepared, but will be read right here it was 1:49 p.m. >> on february 22nd of 2024, that i learned laken was missing. >> i immediately texted her. laken, where are you? why are people saying you're missing?

>> just minutes after 2:17 p.m., a campus email came out confirming my worst nightmare. >> laken had been found unconscious and not breathing. laken, the girl i met in middle school and became best friends with our freshman year of high school the girl i couldn't imagine being far away from when it came time for college, so we both decided to attend the university of georgia together. >> the girl who stuck by me and got me through some of my toughest times in life as we, as well as accompanied me during some of my best the loss of her is something i will never be able to come to terms with i will never be able to come to terms with the fact that i was sitting in class just down the road, going about my day, the morning, this horrific event was taking place i will never not think about the last time i saw her. >> the pink sweatshirt she was wearing and the last words she ever said to me. i will never not think about all the things i would have said had i known it would be my last time seeing her and talking to her myself

everyone up here and the world has lost such a special person laken was intelligent patient, loyal driven and kind. her pureness and love for the lord were evident and shined through her in a way unlike anyone i have ever met before she is in a better place, but it is not fair that the rest of us still here on earth have to suffer because of this individual's actions because of this individual. some of my happiest days, such as the day i get married and have kids, will be forever accompanied by a feeling of grief a sadness that laken will not be there with me to experience them because of this individual. i have so many fun memories, but no one here to share them with. because of this individual, i will be searching for the rest of my life for a friendship like the one i shared with laken but i know i will never find one because ours was simply unreplicable i am here today to

support laken i hope to provide only a fraction of the support she continuously gave me during her time here on earth. i miss her desperately and long for the day i get to see her again. since february 22nd of 2024, i will forever be changed >> palomino palomino um we are listening to these victim impact statements. >> we've been hearing from family members and friends of laken riley there in this courtroom in athens georgia, between learning that jose ibarra is guilty for murder and other counts in the murder of laken riley, as we are awaiting the judge's sentencing here. but friends, painting a picture of a kind young woman who was giving and faithful and

irreplaceable, and who was looking forward to milestones in her life like eventually getting married. i want to bring in criminal defense attorney misty marris to talk to us a little bit more about this misty, as the judge is hearing friend after friend talk about laken riley and hearing from her stepfather and family members. you know how much does he consider these statements as he is thinking of a sentence or is this about giving these people their moment to really express their loss and get it on the record absolutely heart wrenching statements coming out of the courtroom to match some of the heart wrenching testimony that we heard as this trial was unfolding. >> so the judge is taking these into consideration. there are various factors that are taken into consideration at sentencing, and that includes

the victim impact statements here, where ibarra has been convicted of all ten counts, two of which include felony murder and malice murder. the question is is it going to be life without the possibility of parole? or is it going to be life with the possibility of parole? that's what the judge is now going to make a determination and certainly those victim impact statements can be something that he takes into account when he weighs the various factors as to sentencing. in addition to that, statutory victims do have the ability to speak in these sentencing proceedings in the state of georgia and in most states across the country giving the victims the ability to say their piece in the courtroom when someone is found guilty and sentencing is the next step. so there are multiple there are various reasons for it, but it certainly could be a part of the sentencing determination.

>> misty just reading through some of these charges that ibarra has been found guilty of malice murder, felony murder, obstruction of a 911 call, felony tampering with evidence along with being a peeping tom. i'm struck by the fact that the prosecution did not seek the death penalty in this case. why do you imagine that is >> so the prosecution early on had filed a motion. because if the death penalty is being sought, the prosecution has to alert the parties in a pretrial filing. but but months and months ago, before this case came to trial, they filed a submission that said the highest penalty they will be seeking is life without the possibility of parole. so they essentially took the death penalty off the table, which was a decision that was criticized by some because in georgia, as in most states, in order to seek the death penalty, there has to be what's called an aggravating factor and an aggravating

factor is set forth in the statute. so it could be a particularly heinous crime. it could be a heinous a particularly heinous crime, while committing an underlying felony. and all of that. the pieces of that are all here in this case, it is prosecutorial discretion which way to go. but there could be some reasons not to. and that really relates to the fact that once the death penalty is on the table, there is a heightened burden. there's more there's more to the case than just the guilt phase. the penalty phase is also like a whole second trial. given that prosecutors haven't sought the death penalty in recent years. on other cases, it seems, and it's likely that that was part of the analysis, to move forward with just life, without the possibility of parole and hopefully get a conviction without complicating it, with going that next step and proving those aggravating factors they certainly got the conviction. >> and now we await what the sentencing will be. misty, please stand by as we await

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gaetz is hanging in the balance on capitol hill. the house ethics committee is meeting behind closed doors, and they're discussing whether to release a potentially damaging report on its probe of alleged misconduct against gaetz, including sexual misconduct and illicit drug use. republicans on the panel are facing intense pressure, with some key gop senators pushing to see the report saying that the details will eventually come to light. and then you have the house speaker saying that it should not be released. perhaps some details coming out like a lawyer for two women who claim that they were paid more than $10,000 by gaetz for sex telling cnn that house investigators have, quote, numerous photos related to time they spent with the former congressman as the ethics committee is meeting right now. gaetz is actually on the hill. he is there alongside vice president elect jd vance trying to shore up support for his nomination. cnn's lauren fox is following it all. and it is all a lot. lauren, what are you hearing about this house ethics

committee meeting underway well, brianna, we are actually standing right now outside of the house ethics committee room where they are meeting right behind me, behind those closed doors and right before this meeting got underway, our colleague manu raju and morgan rimmer were able to catch up with the chairman of this committee, michael guest, who said that he had reservations about potentially releasing this report, saying that it was not yet finished. >> he also said that he had not made up his mind yet on whether or not they would vote to release this report today. behind these doors, in this meeting, he did not say whether or not he would vote to release this. he said under consideration are options of whether they release this publicly and also whether they would just transmit this to the united states senate judiciary committee. of course, that will be the committee of jurisdiction that has the responsibility for vetting the new nominee for attorney general in the new congress

right now, senate democrats have requested a slew of information, including the house ethics report. just an hour ago, they requested the fbi files that they had done. they had investigated matt gaetz essentially, they decided not to charge him with any crimes matt gaetz has said he was not responsible for any wrongdoing. but as part of their protocol for vetting, senate democrats on the judiciary committee requested from the fbi the files memorandums, interviews that they conducted as part of that investigation. so a lot of developments but the most important part, right now is that right before this meeting, the chairman of this committee said that they he was not committed to having a vote today. he did not say whether or not they were going to vote. but obviously, a lot of discussion happening behind these doors. brianna. >> yeah. lauren can you explain a little something to us? because you have the chairman saying that he has reservations about releasing the report because it isn't done yet. it's still in the final review stages. he has reservations about releasing any unfinished

work product. i mean, i thought the understanding was that this was largely complete even in the early summer, and had kind of been put on ice while gaetz was going through his primary and his general election. that this was actually pretty baked. what is your understanding about that? >> well, i think that that's why what guests said is so you know, informative, brianna, because it's really a question right now of what is not quite complete. >> does that mean you know, not everyone has reviewed it? that's supposed to. what step were they exactly on? and i think that that is a key question and really something that lawmakers are going to want to know the answer to. as they deliberate, because that might change people's view on whether or not this has some past precedent for release or not. so i think that that's a key question. obviously, michael guest keeping that sort of door open, saying that he has reservations because in his view, this report was not completed. >> really interesting. lauren fox thank you so much. she's there where the action is. and

joining us now to discuss, we have cnn legal analyst and former federal prosecutor elliot williams. elliot, let's talk about some of these new allegations. it seems like there's new ones every day. right. the lawyers saying that gaetz paid these women more than $10,000 for sex. how damaging is that? >> it's very damaging on a personal level, on a reputational level. but even setting aside what anybody thinks of it, or the morality or the propriety of the conduct, it ought to be available to the united states senate as they in their duty under articles one, frankly, and two of the constitution to vet nominees and provide advice and consent to the president of the united states when he puts people up for nominations. >> this is the kind of information they ought to have. >> and so and i would think they're going to reach a place where they get at least some of this. >> what do you make of the argument from some republicans that we've spoken to that since the fbi rather, the doj didn't press charges after gates was investigated by doj and the fbi that there was no wrongdoing. >> i it's it's entirely fair to

say that when someone is not charged with a crime, the inquiries around that person need to stop. we have a long tradition in this country of respecting the right to be proven to be innocent. until proven guilty, and so on. >> however, this is an employment question, not a criminal law question. >> it is a question of one's fitness. for frankly, the number four, i think person in american government and it's the kind of thing that senators can use to judge whether this person ought to come up for a vote and be confirmed. >> so i wonder what you think of what you're watching happening here because it is an employment question. we were just talking with lauren about what the chairman of the committee is saying ahead of this meeting this key meeting that we are watching. so keenly. he was saying that there was no pressure he's not oblivious. the house speaker is saying publicly he doesn't want the report released. so there is pressure but now he seems a little reticent about it. what do you what are you watching?

>> it's an important question, but it's also a saber rattling question between three very powerful entities in american government the president of the united states or the next president of the united states. the united states senate, and its duty to vet nominees, but also the house of representatives to control the private affairs of its very sensitive ethics committee. now, that's just house rules. they can lift them and change them at any point and provide documents to the senate whenever they want. and they've done it before and they've made these end of the day, i think the senate wins here. they have such an institutional interest and so many people in there of both parties that care about this stuff and their right to vet nominees, whether they get the actual report or not, it seems that they would conduct their own investigation into these accusations. >> so aren't there multiple avenues for them to access essentially the same testimony? oh even better, boris put the nominee on the in front of the senate for a hearing. >> and once he sits down for that hearing and senators ask him sir, did you or did you not

have sex with minors or sir did you or did you not use unlawful, controlled substances and have him put those on the record right there, even without the papers? that is enough for both the president and the nominee and they could call the same exact women that testified before the house ethics committee to testify before the senate and say the same thing. >> absolutely. >> it's almost like a supreme court nomination. they have a whole panel of witnesses who aren't the nominee, and they could do that, too. so they're free to do all of those things. it's really a question of what level of embarrassment either the president or the nominee are willing to take on eliot williams, thank you so much for the analysis. >> let's discuss further with democratic congressman eric swalwell of california. he serves on the house judiciary committee. congressman, thank you so much for being with us. first, i just want to get your reaction to the news from the ethics committee chairman michael guest, saying that he would prefer to not release an unfinished work product saying that he's weighing whether to release it publicly or directly, transmit it to the senate. what do you make of that they're hiding something

like where i come from. if there's a report about somebody's misconduct and there's a gang that's trying to keep it from coming out, most people in america, in any cafe, any bar any church that i go to, would be like what are you hiding? >> why won't you let us see this? and so that is the conclusion that an american jury would draw if you tried to hide the ball on something. >> but the court of public opinion, which is more important and needs to have faith and trust in its top law enforcement officer, is going to say, this guy has no credibility. >> he can't lead america's police force and our law enforcement agencies are being hidden by his own people. >> it's interesting, congressman, that you phrased it that way, that you think a jury would find would be skeptical of something like this being held back because the doj declined to press charges against gaetz over these allegations, because they didn't think a jury would find some of this testimony

credible. a lot of republicans we have spoken to have pointed to that, saying that this is evidence that there was no wrongdoing. do you think that this is just a smear campaign? then no, this is about his ability to be america's top law enforcement officer. and what i'm saying is, when you destroy evidence or you hide evidence in a court of law, the judge will say, you can use that to infer somebody is guilty because only somebody who's guilty would want to destroy evidence. >> and so the reason republicans are trying to destroy this evidence or hide the ball is because they don't want the very concerning conduct to come out. >> and so the american people are just going to draw their top law enforcement official has some very concerning things that are being hidden from us. >> and donald trump won the election, promised transparency. i will credit him. congratulations. you won the election. now show the american people the transparency that you promised during the campaign because

this doesn't look to me and most people that i know like a transparent process. >> it's fascinating to get your perspective, congressman, in part because you were also investigated by the house ethics committee. it's a bipartisan committee. and it concluded that the investigation into you should be closed. they took no further action on the matter having been on the other side of it how much do you think politics influences that committee's work you're right. >> and this was you know, these were individuals that kevin mccarthy had appointed. and so from my perspective, i would say, please release all of that. i mean, they released a letter saying that kevin mccarthy's claims essentially were bogus but if you did nothing wrong, an innocent person would say, show the world i did nothing wrong. and you are seeing the opposite from matt gaetz. he's not saying release this report an innocent person would say, you know what? nothing will get in the way of this report coming

out. and so again, that's just very telling to me, not just as a former prosecutor, but from a guy who talks to people in his community who say this don't smell right, do you think that chairman guest is under pressure from speaker johnson? >> he said that johnson wouldn't have any influence on him. but obviously johnson is going out publicly saying he doesn't want this out there. do you think that is weighing on the chairman? yeah of course but what i hope these republican colleagues of mine think about is that this person who becomes our attorney general has to have credibility as they go after counterterrorism cases, as they go after money laundering, as they go after public corruption. >> the public needs to know when they investigate and indict somebody, that it has the weight of the united states government and the people behind it and if that person has all of these storm clouds hanging over them, and we think, okay, you had you know, your dirty laundry hidden by your buddies in congress, the american people won't take it

seriously. and then we start to look like other countries where you don't have faith in the people who lead us like china, like russia. it looks right now like a chinese russian way of doing things rather than a place where we don't have anything to hide. and we're transparent with the american people. >> congressman, if the report is either released publicly or it leaks and ultimately it finds that there was no violation and there was no wrongdoing, how much more likely do you think it will be that former congressman gaetz will be confirmed as attorney general yeah, well, i actually think the report is a little bit of a distraction about the real issues with matt gaetz, which is that he is going to go in and politically punish donald trump's perceived enemies, and he's going to do all of that work at the cost of us not investigating money laundering, corruption counterterrorism, counterintelligence issues,

because he's just going to be a lapdog for donald trump. >> and he's actually told us that's what he's going to do. this report, again, undermines his ability to be taken seriously by the people who are going to work for him and the american people who need to trust him. but the bigger issue is and this is not what i'm telling you, my republican friends in congress are laughing that he is the appointee, and no one actually thinks that he's going to be confirmed that's a disservice to the millions of americans who voted for donald trump wanted to see him come in and be their voice. take seriously the cost of eggs. the cost of milk takes seriously. issues we have at our southern border and security that people want in their communities, and they see this clown being appointed and they're like this isn't what we voted for. this isn't the mandate that we gave you that he believes that he has congressman, i have to ask you, you've been a frequent critic of former president trump do you have concerns about personal retribution against you that that if gates is appointed, they will personally

go after you? i imagine he's going to do that. and it's not just me. i've talked to january 6th. you know police officers who feel the same way. colleagues of mine. but to a t we all say the same thing come at us. we're not going away. we're not going to hide. we're not going to cower. this is the united states of america. you speak truth to power when it's necessary. and my issues are not with the president elect. i want him to succeed because when he succeeds america succeeds. but right now as i see this broly aki, that is forming around him, of the people he's bringing into government, it looks like he is going to fight every day for the to fight for the rest of us, and it has to be about the american people and what they need. i'm not going to worry about whether he comes after me or others because i'm not going away. i recognize what is important in people's lives, and that's who i'm going to fight for that's who my colleagues are going to fight for. >> congressman eric swalwell, we have to leave the conversation there. appreciate

your time, sir. yeah. >> my pleasure. thanks. >> so we're still awaiting the sentencing of jose ibarra, the man convicted earlier today of murdering laken riley. we just listened to some heartbreaking victim impact statements from her friends and loved ones. we're going to bring you the sentencing live. this is a live picture of the courtroom. we're going to keep an eye on this and get you the latest. when we come back on cnn news central >> make it easy with open door. >> sell your home in any season for any reason. >> look at me. i am festive. >> start your move at open door. com like a relentless weed. >> moderate to severe ulcerative colitis symptoms can

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we're also hearing ukraine warn that russia is staging a, quote, psychological attack on the ukrainian people by spreading fake warnings of a massive, looming airstrike. let's talk a little bit more about this with cnn military analyst and retired u.s. air force colonel cedric leighton it's confusing, to say the least about what's going on here. so what do you make of this ukrainian assessment? >> so what? >> there are a lot of things going on here. >> there are some reports that we see on social media where there are bombers that are coming in on their way from the eastern part of russia toward points just to the east of ukraine. >> you've got the possibility of missiles coming in. so these are things that blending with the have done in the past could be true but based on the recent assessments, so sorry to interrupt you, but jose ibarra is being sentenced in the case of the murder of laken riley. >> let's listen in stage or event in this in this tragedy

and that's that's the way i view that people people mean well by making that saying that. >> but it's, uh i've heard it explained that when you have something like this um conscious effort to breathe at some times and that just comes on you at any particular, you know you just don't know what's going to bring it on you. um and you realize that you do make it through the day, but you don't know how you did it. um to what kerry howell was saying that, um, you know as as many

times as you reflect on the loss, um, at some point you start smiling about the memories and, um i'm hopeful that at some point that takes over to a certain extent but um there's very little and including the sentence of mr. barbaro, that's going to help much. and i acknowledge if you'll please stand sentence you to parole count two will be vacated as a matter of operation of law. count three

vacated by operation of law. count four vacated by operation of law. count five. life in prison. consecutive to count one. consecutive to count five. count one. count eight. 12 months. consecutive to count but i don't want it to. six. just. it's just going to be consecutive um

count six. so that would mean the misdemeanors would come after the felonies barr, i will advise you that you have post-judgment relief in the form of a motion for a new trial or um

make a motion for a new trial and that is denied, you have 30 days from that date to file your first appeal. first level of appeal the court will appoint a lawyer to represent you if you cannot afford one. i'll also advise you that you have four years from the becomes final. in order to file a habeas corpus petition are you all going to be involved in the next stage that remains to be seen but we. my understanding is that we will remain on at the court's appointment until um. unless you're relieved by conflict counsel. all right. and you'll make make those arrangements

communicate that with with mr. barr and with the court okay? >> yes, sir. all right. >> anything else, miss ross >> okay um it's going to take a little, y'all. >> can we take we're going to. >> we can go down. >> okay, that'll be fine. i can do that. everybody remain seated, please the proceedings now, hold on just a minute um, can i ask you something, dan? >> we've been listening to superior court judge h patrick haggard in an athens, georgia, courtroom as he sentenced laken riley laken riley killer to

life without parole on several different counts. first, malice murder. several counts were vacated, but ultimately it is clear from the sentencing that this now convicted murderer, jose ibarra jose ibarra, will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the murder of laken riley. >> let's go to ryan young. we also have misty morris with us. ryan after hearing the evidence over the past few days. and there was so much video evidence dna evidence as well. clothing pictures he had taken of himself. i don't think it's surprising to people that he was found guilty and i don't know that it's surprising that this is the sentence that the judge handed down yeah, i'm honestly surprised that they decided to do a bench trial and not try to take their chances with the jury. >> when you look at all the evidence that was here and you could just tell that the defense attorneys were just

overmatched, and you should know this sheila ross is just an excellent prosecutor. as someone who's covered fulton county and a lot of metro atlanta for years, you know that sheila ross has a way of taking the evidence that's given to her by detectives and really pulling it out and showing a side of the evidence that is really easy to follow along with. and even in her closing statements today that lasted some 55 minutes, she did three things that were very solid one, she obviously made the point that laken riley did not deserve this, and she was brutally attacked and even went over the fact of the evidence again, that there were scratches there was dna evidence. but she also found a way to humanize her beyond a point at this juncture where for the first time, we heard from the family in such a way that we had not had a chance to hear from the family this way. and when you put on top of that, this judge is a no nonsense judge who's been on the bench since 2011, and anyone who's ever been in his courtroom understands this man follows the law to a t, doesn't take any trouble in his courtroom. so you knew that the hands of justice were turning in a certain direction. this case has moved really quickly. something that happened while

you guys were away. and i want to share this with you. they showed this body camera video laken riley family finding out about the death shortly after cops discovered its body camera footage, and you see her family arrive i'll be quiet for a second so you can just see their reaction. this was heartbreaking. just take a listen >> it's not good. >> okay, so you see this part right here? the officers basically going to inform her mother of the worst and you can see her go back in pain. look, this has been a tremendously hard case from the very beginning to follow guys as we've talked to people on that campus they've been ripped up

about this. and even the day we were there for her memorial service, you could feel the impact for so many of these young people. i think about the young lady who was wearing her blouse there doing the victim impact statement, saying that she kept that blouse and she wanted to be able to smell her friend. i mean, imagine that as a young person being able to talk about losing a best friend that way it's just heartbreaking. some of the words that were used today was predator and monster, and even the idea of not having a motive for what this why this happened is something i think will leave all of us sort of questioning exactly what happened on that day, because she was running. it clearly shows they had no prior. um encounter. and then all of a sudden this attack occurred and she was dragged off that running trail. this is really changed. the fates of so many people on that campus because people are still in fear for the idea of running around there. but the judge sending a very strong message backed by that evidence today, life without parole. you can tell certain folks feel good about this justice. you brought

up the idea earlier, talking about the death penalty. the d.a. who decided not to seek the death penalty in this before moving it to sheila ross, also lost reelection. so you can understand there are some open wounds in this community that this case will will survive for quite some time, guys. >> yeah, you really got a sense listening to those victim impact statements, not just of the kind of person that laken riley was, but just how much she was really at the beginning of her life and the trajectory that she was on. and watching that video of her family getting that devastating news. ryan, you know, you hear the judge, the judge saying there you have to make a conscious effort to breathe sometimes, and you'll make it through the day and you don't know how you did it, he said. that's what he was saying to her friends and family something that we couldn't show and we have several people in the courtroom when they played the video and when folks were talking, the entire courtroom burst into tears. >> there's obviously an impact that this young lady had in her short time. and i know we

don't talk about spirituality a lot, but the idea that kept referencing back to god and the message that she had where she talked about her future life and she kept a journal and how she wanted to have those family members together and have that future husband. that's what her mom, that's what her dad were all focusing on. the fact they'll never have grandkids, the fact that this life was taken away too early yeah, a senseless tragedy, no doubt. >> ryan, please stand by. ryan mentioned a moment ago. we have folks inside the courtroom. one of them was rafael romo, who comes to us live outside the courtroom now in athens, georgia. rafael i imagine it must have been a very emotional scene as ryan was describing not only some of the was shown and then the sentencing by the judge and his message to the loved ones of laken riley the last nine months, we've been talking about how this family has been through unimaginable pain we don't have to imagine that anymore.

>> we saw it in the courtroom. the whole world saw it we know exactly what that family has gone through. we heard laken riley mother, alison phillips, stepfather, john phillips, sister lauren phillips we heard from numerous classmates, friends roommates that all had to say the same thing that she was a very bright individual with a contagious smile that was always willing to help anybody her stepfather john phillips read a letter that she wrote in december of last year, and the letter was addressed to a husband in the future. and a lot of the testimony that we heard today has to do with that. how the brutal heinous murder of laken riley has robbed not only her but her

family, friends and the entire community of that peace that joy that she had. it was not a big surprise to be totally honest with you, boris that judge h. patrick haggard decided to give the defendant the maximum sentence of under in this case. for that matter of life without the possibility of parole but there was always a question there. and when he said that, when he said those words, there was a collective sigh of relief in the courtroom. boris courtroom in athens georgia. >> please stand by. we have back with us misty morris, one of our legal analysts. misty what did you make of this sentencing? as we heard from ryan and rafael, not really a surprise, but at least some measure of relief for laken riley family yes well, it's

important to keep in mind what factors go into sentencing and some is what we spoke about before the victim impact statements, not just on family and friends, but also on the community. >> so all of that, all of those statements that were set forth in the court showing laken she was a young woman with a promising future whose life was cut short. and here's how it's impacting all of these individuals that surrounded her. that's one piece of it. the other piece of it is the legal statutory requirements and it's in the judicial discretion to give life without the possibility of parole when somebody is convicted of felony murder of malice, murder, when there are aggravating factors. and we heard the prosecutor go through those and those aggravating factors relate directly to the other charges that he is now convicted of kidnaping the attempted rape. all of those factor into that determination. and the pillars of the justice system deterrence, rehabilitation and punishment, all of that taken

into consideration resulting in the life without the possibility of parole sentence that was handed down today. >> misty, talk a little bit about you're familiar with this, but i think a lot of people hearing this sentence would not be as you as the judge went through the charges there are a number of them that are going to be served consecutively. just explain what that means for instance, count five, which is aggravated or pardon me, kidnaping with bodily injury for instance. that's life in prison that is going to be served consecutively to count one aggravated assault with intent to rape 20 years consecutive to count five. for instance yes so it sounds a little confusing when he's going through all of the counts and then setting forth the sentences. >> so there are a couple things happened. one thing that happened was what's called merger. so it's called the merger doctrine. he was convicted of malice murder and felony murder. those ultimately

result in the same sentence. so they merge into one. that's why we heard him say that he's sentencing ybarra on life imprisonment without the possibility of parole on malice murder. so all of those felony murder counts merged into lesser included offense of aggravated assault. all of those merge into that malice murder conviction, life without the possibility of parole. and then, brianna, we have the other charges where he was given years certain one life without or life with the possibility of parole, 20 years for others all of those are consecutive meaning, or all of those are, excuse me concurrent meaning. they happen at the same time. so all of those sentences will be served at the same time as the life without possibility of parole. what he carved out was the misdemeanor charges. those will be consecutive meaning after he serves the felony time, he could serve time on the misdemeanor charges so i had

said a moment ago there was little to no likelihood he would ever step outside of prison. >> that's still the case given kind of what you outlined, right? misty >> at the end of the day, it's all about the malice murder sentence life without the possibility of parole. all of those other sentences are being served at the same time concurrently. and then the misdemeanor charges were consecutive. now, the reason that that's done the reason it's broken down, say hypothetically on appeal, he's successful overturning one of those verdicts. and it's unlikely in this case. but it's certainly possible. so it's enumerated to each individual charge in the indictment. and that's where we are today. but it's life without the possibility of parole at the end of the day that most serious charge. >> misty, thank you so much for that laken riley killer sentenced to life without parole. as she is described by her friends and family as a beautiful, kind caring young

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