Idaho murder suspect wants trial moved after survey results say town will 바카라 게임 웹사이트burn the courthouse down바카라 게임 웹사이트 if he바카라 게임 웹사이트s acquitted
A hearing on Thursday is set to determine whether the trial of Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022, will be moved out of Latah County, a location his attorneys argued would be unable to provide an unbiased jury for the long-awaited trial.
The hearing is the latest update in a grinding two-year legal battle to get Kohberger바카라 게임 웹사이트s case before a jury, which has seen numerous pretrial hearings and complaints of slowness from the victims바카라 게임 웹사이트 families. The trial, which could see Kohberger face the death penalty, is currently set for June 2025.
Kohberger has pleaded not guilty to four counts of first-degree murder.
Attorneys for Kohberger, 29, argued in a court filing the trial should be moved out of Latah County due to a 바카라 게임 웹사이트mob mentality바카라 게임 웹사이트 threatening the safety of their client and the courthouse. They바카라 게임 웹사이트re hoping to move the trial more than 300 miles away to Ada County, home of Boise, the state바카라 게임 웹사이트s capital and largest city.
바카라 게임 웹사이트The traumatized town of Moscow is understandably filled with deeply held prejudgment opinions of guilt,바카라 게임 웹사이트 the defense wrote.
The defense states anonymous residents of Latah County, where the killings took place, told defense experts in telephone surveys if Kohberger is not convicted:
바카라 게임 웹사이트 바카라 게임 웹사이트They바카라 게임 웹사이트d burn the courthouse down. Outrage would be a mild description.바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트 바카라 게임 웹사이트They would probably find and kill him.바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트 바카라 게임 웹사이트There would likely be a riot and he wouldn바카라 게임 웹사이트t last long outside because someone would do the good ole바카라 게임 웹사이트 boy justice.바카라 게임 웹사이트
His defense argued the prosecution recognizes 바카라 게임 웹사이트an enormous venue problem exists바카라 게임 웹사이트 and Kohberger 바카라 게임 웹사이트has a Constitutional right to a fair trial with an impartial jury.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Latah County바카라 게임 웹사이트s media coverage of the case is the highest in the state and the coverage 바카라 게임 웹사이트is often inaccurate and inflammatory,바카라 게임 웹사이트 the defense바카라 게임 웹사이트s filing stated.
His attorneys said the survey found the more media accounts a potential juror knew of, the higher the prejudgment for guilt.
The defense바카라 게임 웹사이트s argument is based on survey work conducted by defense expert Bryan Edelman of the consulting firm Trial Innovations in four Idaho counties, including Latah, where the Moscow killings took place and Ada County.
Edelman surveyed 400 residents in Latah County about their knowledge and prejudicial opinions of the case. Truescope, a media monitoring company, also looked at media coverage available to residents in Moscow and Boise but could not determine the amount of untraceable media reaching Idaho citizens in those cities from YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, or podcasts.
The filing noted while respondents in Latah County said there would be outrage from the community if Kohberger was not convicted, respondents in Ada County said community members would 바카라 게임 웹사이트go on with life as always바카라 게임 웹사이트 and 바카라 게임 웹사이트take it well.바카라 게임 웹사이트
The defense also argued Moscow does not have the proper facilities to accommodate an intensely publicized three-month trial and cited the changing of venue to Ada County in high-profile cases like the murder trials of Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell. Vallow was sentenced to life in prison and her husband, Daybell, to death for murdering Vallow바카라 게임 웹사이트s two children and Daybell바카라 게임 웹사이트s first wife.
Prosecutors, on the other hand, have argued a fair and impartial trial can be held in Moscow, and intense media coverage of the case extends beyond Latah County. They criticized the survey findings,arguing they show 바카라 게임 웹사이트Latah County residents who have heard about the case were, overall, statistically less likely to prejudge the Defendant.바카라 게임 웹사이트 Additionally, other strategies could be used to ensure a fair and impartial trial, like convening a large jury pool and thoroughly screening them, say prosecutors.
Moving the trial hundreds of miles away would be inconvenient for witnesses as well as the victims바카라 게임 웹사이트 families, according to prosecutors.
Four college students killed in the night
The case stems from the murders on the morning of Sunday, November 13, 2022. Police in Moscow, Idaho, were called to a home near the University of Idaho and inside found the bodies of four students: Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; Ethan Chapin, 20; and Xana Kernodle, 20. All four had been stabbed to death.
The slayings 바카라 게임 웹사이트 and the ensuing manhunt for a suspect 바카라 게임 웹사이트 rattled the small college town of Moscow, prompting fears about students바카라 게임 웹사이트 safety and subsequent attacks.
Kohberger, then a graduate student at Washington State University바카라 게임 웹사이트s Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, was arrested at his parents바카라 게임 웹사이트 home in Monroe County, Pennsylvania on Dec. 30, a little over a month after the killings.
Law enforcement zeroed in on Kohberger partially through linking him to a white Hyundai Elantra seen in the immediate area of the killings. His DNA also matched DNA recovered from a tan leather knife sheath found 바카라 게임 웹사이트laying on the bed바카라 게임 웹사이트 of one of the victims, according to court documents.
