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Murder In Moscow: Bryan Kohberger's Team Ratchets Up Their Loopholes Strategy (3/12/25)

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​Bryan Kohberger's defense team has intensified efforts to prevent the imposition of the death penalty in his upcoming trial for the alleged murders of four University of Idaho students. Recent legal maneuvers include motions to prohibit the use of potentially prejudicial terms such as "murder," "psychopath," and "sociopath" during the trial, as well as references to "bushy eyebrows," which a surviving roommate used to describe the intruder. The defense argues that such language could bias the jury against Kohberger. Additionally, they seek to limit the display of crime scene photographs to avoid inflaming jurors' emotions.

In a separate motion, Kohberger's attorney, Anne Taylor, revealed that he has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). She contends that this diagnosis should exempt him from the death penalty, asserting that ASD reduces his culpability and poses a risk of wrongful conviction due to potential misinterpretation of his behaviors by jurors. However, legal experts suggest that an autism diagnosis is unlikely to prevent the application of the death penalty, as current legal precedents do not consider ASD a barrier to such sentencing.


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Bryan Kohberger defense ramps up legal maneuvers in bid to avoid death row | Fox News

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