Bryan Kohberger’s Defense Fights Death Penalty in University of Idaho Murder Case

Bryan Kohberger, the former Washington State University criminology Ph.D. student accused of the brutal murders of four University of Idaho students, faces a contentious legal battle as his attorneys move to block the prosecution’s pursuit of the death penalty. Kohberger is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary in connection with the stabbing deaths of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin, all of whom were students at the University of Idaho.

The case, which has drawn national attention, revolves. . .