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The Murder Trial of Laken Riley: Closing Arguments | Court TV Podcast

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🗓️ 27 December 2024

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Special Prosecutor Sheila Ross presents the state's closing arguments in the trial of Jose Ibarra, stating that the evidence is overwhelming and should prove he brutally murdered Laken Riley. Defense attorney Kaitlyn Beck delivers her closing arguments, asserting that the evidence presented is circumstantial and does not constitute proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Special prosecutor Sheila Ross also provides her rebuttal.

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0:00.0

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are simply that.

0:04.8

Opinions.

0:05.8

All are presumed innocent until proven otherwise in a court of law.

0:09.8

Sensitive topics are discussed.

0:11.8

Discretion is advised.

0:14.9

Your Honor, Lake and Riley herself has given you all the evidence you need alone to find this man guilty of every single count in this indictment.

0:27.6

And as I said in my opening and what the evidence is shown in this case is that she did fight.

0:33.6

And it is a direct result of that fight that gives you all the physical

0:39.9

evidence you need to convict him and if you only had that physical evidence

0:43.8

you would have enough to convict him but what you have heard in the last few

0:48.8

days in this trial is video evidence laid on top of the physical evidence that corroborates it.

0:56.0

Digital evidence laid on top of the physical evidence and the video evidence that all corroborate one another.

1:03.0

And the three forms of that evidence in this case, the physical evidence, the video evidence and the the digital evidence, combined twist this very

1:13.3

powerful knot that this defendant cannot get out of. There is no way out for him. The evidence

1:23.9

in this case has been overwhelming, and the evidence in this case has spoken loud and clear

1:30.7

that he is Lakin Riley's killer and that he killed her

1:35.9

because she would not let him rape her.

1:40.2

And look no further, you have to look no further

1:43.7

to his actions 73 minutes before he encountered

1:47.0

her on the trail to know what he was up to that day. And so not only does the physical evidence

1:52.0

identify him, the video evidence identifies him, his own brother identifies him, his roommate

1:58.0

most belly identifies him, his, his, The people who he was living with condemn him.

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