Almost two years after the murder of Laken Riley, the University of Georgia and Athens communities will gather at UGA’s Tate Plaza on Saturday, Feb. 21 to honor her memory ...

ATHENS, Ga. — The man convicted of killing nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus is in court Friday, and a judge is hearing Jose Ibarra’s attorneys’ motion for a new trial.

President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law in January 2025, which mandates federal detention of undocumented immigrants who are arrested for burglary or theft On Feb. 22, 2024, Laken ...

Ibarra’s attorneys claim constitutional errors in evidence rulings and seek vacating the guilty verdict.

Illegal immigrant Jose Ibarra is standing trial in Athens, Georgia, accused of murdering nursing student Laken Riley, 22, while she was running on the University of Georgia campus on Feb. 22. The ...

Convicted killer Jose Ibarra seeks new trial in Laken Riley murder case that sparked national immigration debate. The illegal immigrant appears Friday in court.

Dan Raby, the senior digital producer for CBS News Atlanta, has been covering everything happening around Georgia for more than a decade. Lawyers for the Venezuelan man convicted of killing Georgia ...

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A judge considering whether to grant a new trial to the Venezuelan man convicted of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley heard testimony Friday from a DNA expert retained by ...

ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY, GA — The man convicted of killing University of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley is scheduled to appear in an Athens-Clarke County courtroom Friday to request a new trial.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The man convicted of killing nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus is in court Friday, and a judge is ...