Bryan Kohberger Accepts Plea Deal Dropping Death Penalty in Idaho Student Murders Trial Starting August

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Updated Jun 30, 2025, 10:16 PM

Bryan Kohberger, accused of the 2022 stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students, has accepted a plea deal that would spare him the death penalty. The prosecution agreed to drop the death penalty in exchange for Kohberger pleading guilty to the murders and burglary. The trial, originally scheduled to begin with jury selection on August 4 and opening statements around August 18, had faced multiple motions from Kohberger's defense, including requests to delay the trial and to present an alternate perpetrator theory, all of which were denied by Idaho Judge Steven Hippler. Several witnesses from Kohberger's home state of Pennsylvania, including a jail guard, have been subpoenaed to testify despite resistance. The trial will proceed in August as planned, with real-time coverage expected from the television program "48 Hours."

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BREAKING: Bryan Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to all counts in the killings of four Idaho college students, sparing him from the death penalty, according to a letter sent to victims' family members.

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NewsNation has learned a plea deal has been offered to Bryan Kohberger, the man charged with killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, and he has accepted.