Bryan Kohberger, who was found guilty of murdering four University of Idaho students in 2022, has been sentenced to life in prison. He declined to make a statement before sentencing, and the motive for the murders remains unknown.
Former criminal justice doctoral student Bryan Kohberger, found guilty of the 2022 stabbing murders of four University of Idaho students, has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
However, the motive for this crime remains a mystery, according to American media.
Consecutive Life Sentences Handed Down
Under an agreement with the prosecution, which agreed not to seek the death penalty for these crimes in exchange for a guilty plea, Kohberger (30) received four consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole or appeal, Reuters reports.
Judge Steven Hiepler offered Kohberger an opportunity to make a statement before the sentence was handed down.
“With all due respect, I decline,” the defendant quietly replied at the end of the court proceedings in a Boise courtroom, the capital of Idaho.
During the hearing, the accused sat in the courtroom in his prison uniform while relatives and friends of the victims – Ethan Chapin (20), his girlfriend Xana Kernodle (20), and her roommates Madison Mogen (21) and Kaylee Goncalves (21) – could not hide their pain and anger towards Kohberger.
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Source: Nova.rs; Foto: AP