‘HE’S A NARCISSIST’: COULD IDAHO KILLER BRYAN KOHBERGER WIN A NEW TRIAL?

Convicted killer seeks to withdraw guilty plea and go to trial – but that could put death penalty sentence back in play Could Bryan Kohberger, convicted 13 months ago of the murders of four University of Idaho… That’s one potential outcome of a perplexing petition he filed last week in which he claimed he was misled by his defense attorneys into pleading guilty.

US news | The Guardian reports that convicted killer seeks to withdraw guilty plea and go to trial – but that could put death penalty sentence back in play Could Bryan Kohberger, convicted 13 months ago of the murders of four University of Idaho…

The report adds: That’s one potential outcome of a perplexing petition he filed last week in which he claimed he was misled by his defense attorneys into pleading guilty.

A new trial could grant the wishes of family members who hoped to see the 31-year doctoral criminology student convicted by a jury in open court and sentenced to death.

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