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\n Related: <\/span>Can Bryan Kohberger Appeal His Conviction After Entering a Plea Deal?<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tBryan Kohberger was sentenced to life in prison after murdering four University of Idaho students \u2014 but he might still be able to appeal. Kohberger was arrested in December 2024, a little over one month after breaking into the Moscow, Idaho, home located at 1122 King Road and stabbing Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Maddie Mogen [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Kohberger broke into a house in Moscow, Idaho, on November 13, 2022, and fatally stabbed college students<\/a> Ethan Chapin<\/strong>, Xana Kernodle<\/strong>, Maddie Mogen<\/strong> and Kaylee Goncalves.<\/strong> He was arrested one month later.<\/p>\nInitially, Kohberger pleaded not guilty to the murders. Last month, as part of his deal, he pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary. He was sentenced to four lifetimes<\/a> in prison for the crimes.<\/p>\nA trial would have begun this month if Kohberger hadn\u2019t accepted the plea deal. Idaho prosecutor Bill Thompson<\/strong> confirmed in an interview following Kohberger\u2019s sentencing that the prosecution would have sought the death penalty<\/a> had the case gone to trial.<\/p>\n\u201cThis certainly was a case where the death penalty was appropriate,\u201d he told The Idaho Statesman<\/em> late last month. \u201cIf we ended up going through trial into a penalty phase, I think under the law it met the elements.\u201d<\/p>\nHe was also confident Kohberger would be convicted had the case gone to trial.<\/p>\n
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Initially, Kohberger pleaded not guilty to the murders. Last month, as part of his deal, he pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary. He was sentenced to four lifetimes<\/a> in prison for the crimes.<\/p>\n A trial would have begun this month if Kohberger hadn\u2019t accepted the plea deal. Idaho prosecutor Bill Thompson<\/strong> confirmed in an interview following Kohberger\u2019s sentencing that the prosecution would have sought the death penalty<\/a> had the case gone to trial.<\/p>\n \u201cThis certainly was a case where the death penalty was appropriate,\u201d he told The Idaho Statesman<\/em> late last month. \u201cIf we ended up going through trial into a penalty phase, I think under the law it met the elements.\u201d<\/p>\n He was also confident Kohberger would be convicted had the case gone to trial.<\/p>\n You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\nThank You!<\/h3>\n
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