Washington State University doctoral student Bryan Kohberger, 28, verbally acknowledged the charges against him in an Idaho court Thursday in the stabbing deaths of four college students last November.
Kohberger has been arrested for the murders of four University of Idaho students in mid-November, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin.
Unlike the state of Washington, the death penalty is considered the maximum penalty in Idaho when it comes to defendants who either plead guilty or are found guilty of first-degree murder.
Since the crime took place in Idaho, lethal injection would be the legal form of capital punishment.
The county prosecutor will ultimately make the determination of whether or not the death penalty is pursued, but he is staying quiet, and for a reason: he’s been put under a gag order.
