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Judge maintains death penalty as possible punishment for Bryan Kohberger despite autism diagnosis
- On April 24, 2025, a judge decided that prosecutors may pursue the death penalty against 30-year-old Bryan Kohberger if he is found guilty of the 2022 fatal stabbings of four students from the University of Idaho in Moscow.
- This ruling follows Kohberger's recent diagnosis of mild autism spectrum disorder, which his attorneys argued should exempt him from capital punishment under the Eighth Amendment.
- The judge found Kohberger's autism was not equivalent to an intellectual disability, citing U.S. Supreme Court precedent that only intellectual disability precludes the death penalty, though autism may mitigate sentencing.
- The defense wrote that Kohberger's autism reduces his culpability and risks wrongful conviction, while prosecutors linked Kohberger to the crime via DNA on a knife sheath found at the scene of the Nov. 13, 2022 murders.
- Kohberger's trial, set to begin in August 2025 in Boise, Idaho, will determine his guilt and sentencing, with the death penalty remaining a possible punishment despite his autism diagnosis.
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