Bryan Kohberger Gets Four Life Sentences for Murder of Idaho Students
“He pleaded guilty earlier this month in a deal to avoid the death penalty. He declined to speak in court.”
If ever there was a case where the death penalty seems appropriate, this is one of them. I’ll never understand this plea agreement.
The Associated Press reports:
Bryan Kohberger sentenced to life in prison for murdering 4 Idaho students
Bryan Kohberger, the masked man who sneaked into a rental home near the University of Idaho campus and stabbed four students to death in late 2022, faced their families in court Wednesday before he was sentenced to life in prison.
The families did not get any answers about why he did it or how he came to target the home on King Road in the rural college town of Moscow. But Kohberger, 30, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for murdering Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, Kaylee Goncalves and Ethan Chapin.
He pleaded guilty earlier this month in a deal to avoid the death penalty. He declined to speak in court.
The victims’ loved ones shared emotional statements, with some expressing sadness, anger or even forgiveness.
Here’s what to know about Kohberger’s sentencing…
Kohberger’s attorneys got the trial moved to Boise after expressing concerns that the court wouldn’t be able to find enough unbiased jurors in Moscow. But Judge Stephen Hippler rejected their efforts to get the death penalty taken off the table and to strike critical evidence — including the DNA — from being admitted in trial.
In exchange for Kohberger admitting guilt and waiving his right to appeal, prosecutors agreed not to seek his execution. Both sides recommended that he serve four consecutive life sentences without parole.
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The only maximum security prison in Idaho makes county jail seem like a paradise in comparison. I am betting the reason they did not seek death is this narcissist will kill himself anyway.
Or, he’ll get shanked in prison.
Not a matter of if, but when.
True. Either himself or an appalled fellow inmate with nothing to lose.
lefty gives him another opportunity ..of course
rest in peace to the victims and any comfort the victims family might have..godspeed
to much pain to bear
I’m guessing none of the other inmates want him around, and the guards won’t protect him.