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Three, two, three, three. Count one, malice murder. I find the defendant guilty.

A Georgia judge has convicted Venezuelan national Jose Ibarra on several charges in the death of 26-year-old nursing student Lake and Riley.

It was a case that to many was a tragic symbol of a

much larger problem amid a national debate over border and immigration policy. Just before

sentencing, Riley's mother, Alison Phillips, told the court. He showed no mercy on Lakin when she was

begging for her life.

There's no end of the pain and suffering that he inflicted on our family and our friends.

She pleaded with the judge to give Ibarra the maximum sentence, and her request was granted,

life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Ibarra attacked and killed Riley while she was jogging on the University of Georgia campus in February. Jose Ibarra entered the country illegally two years ago,

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