Bryan Kohberger, charged with the stabbing deaths of four Idaho college students in 2022, will not be spared from the death penalty regardless of his recent autism diagnosis, a judge ruled. Judge Steven Hippler ruled that Kohberger is not disqualified from the death penalty since his attorneys did not show that autism spectrum disorder is

A judge has ruled that prosecutors can pursue the death penalty against Bryan Kohberger if he is convicted of murdering four University of Idaho students in 2022.

Bryan Kohberger's autism diagnosis will not stop him from facing the death penalty if convicted in his quadruple murder trial, a judge ruled on Thursday.