{"id":604338,"date":"2021-07-27T20:36:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T00:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=604338"},"modified":"2021-07-27T20:36:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T00:36:31","slug":"defense-in-mollie-tibbetts-case-requests-new-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defense-in-mollie-tibbetts-case-requests-new-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense in Mollie Tibbetts case requests new trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdefense-in-mollie-tibbetts-case-requests-new-trial%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=604338&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2471544\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2471544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cristhian Bahena Rivera listens to court proceedings during his trial, Tuesday, May 25, 2021, in the Scott County Courthouse in Davenport, Iowa. (Kelsey Kremer\/The Des Moines Register via AP, Pool)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5 data-wp-editing=\"1\">OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 5:26 PM PT \u2013 Tuesday, July 27, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Defense lawyers for the man convicted of Iowa college student Mollie Tibbett\u2019s murder have pushed for a new trial. Attorneys for Cristhian Bahena Rivera introduced new evidence on Tuesday, which they said could clear him of murder.<\/p>\n<p>An inmate at the Iowa Department of Corrections testified another inmate had admitted to framing Rivera and killing Tibbett\u2019s himself along with an accomplice as part of a sex trafficking ring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said, you know the guy that\u2019s being charged for it right now? I said no I don\u2019t,\u201d he explained. \u201cHe\u2019s like we set him set him up. It was a sex trafficking case gone wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2471566\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2471566\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2471566 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/mollie-tibbetts.jpg\" alt=\"Mollie Tibbets (Kim Calderwood via AP, File)\" width=\"618\" height=\"410\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2471566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mollie Tibbets (Kim Calderwood via AP, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The defense team also tried to tie Tibbett\u2019s murder to the disappearance of Xavior Harrelson in the same county.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/rep-crenshaw-corrects-cuomos-jabs-at-gop-over-covid-19-vaccines\/\">Rep. Crenshaw Corrects Cuomo\u2019s Jabs At GOP Over COVID-19 Vaccines<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cristhian Bahena Rivera listens to court proceedings during his trial, Tuesday, May 25, 2021, in the Scott County Courthouse in Davenport, Iowa. 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