Bryan Kohberger is the guy accused of murdering four students at the University of Idaho. Nearly two years later his trial has recently been tentatively set for next July. Nevertheless, his attorneys are flooding the zone with motions in an attempt to save him. Their latest effort is an attempt to get the death penalty off the table.
In 13 new filings Thursday, the defense cited the U.S. and Idaho Constitutions in its request to remove the death penalty as a possible sentence if a jury finds Kohberger guilty of murder.
“The process provided to Mr. Kohberger up to this point has failed to adequately protect him from being arbitrarily selected for the death penalty,” one filing read…
Prosecutors have said they intend to press for the death penalty if Kohberger is convicted. Under Idaho law, a person can only be sentenced to death (as opposed to life in prison) if the prosecutions…
