Idaho murder suspect wants trial moved after survey results say town will ‘burn the courthouse down’ if he’s acquitted
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A hearing today 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 anticipated trial.
Lawyers for Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022, argued Thursday to move his trial out of Latah County, which they said 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 Kohberger’s case before a jury, which has seen numerous pretrial hearings and complaints of slowness from the victims’ 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 “mob mentality” threatening the safety of their client and the courthouse. They’re hoping to move the trial more than 300 miles away to Ada County, home of Boise, the state’s capital and largest city. “The traumatized town of Moscow is understandably filled with deeply held prejudgment opinions of guilt,” 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:
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