Thank you. I was sorta proud of that turn of phrase when it popped to mind.
Now I gotta go learn what a “litotes” is. Thanks for expanding my vocabulary too. 
that’s what you use to tote your lis around. Duh!
I’ve been following the pre-trial motions. Trial is set for Aug 11.
One of the final rulings is against the defense’s “alternate perpetrator” theory.
The DoorDash driver is an expected witness for the prosecution. Unfortunately she got busted on a DUI in 2024. That could hurt her credibility if it is mentioned at trial.
The Judge seems to be throwing out a lot of defense stuff.
Not likely admissible.
This could save the families a lot of additional pain. The gruesome details of the killings would come out during the trial.
Four consecutive life sentences is an eternity for a 30 year old man. I hope he serves at least 50 years before dying of old age.
Wow. I’m sure lots of True Crime TV people are weeping in their beer over this.
So why did he do it: did he want to see if he could do a perfect crime? Or was he a misogynist? Or?
I read that one of the families feels betrayed by the state of Idaho. Probably they wanted the death penalty?
Wackos gonna wack. Even a thorough tell-all (auto)biography will prove unsatisfying to us normies.
There are strong indications Kohberger wanted to emulate Ted Bundy.
Beyond that I’m not interested in hearing anything he could say. Let him rot in prison. I imagine he won’t find any friends there.
Sometimes it’s just this easy.
Some of the families aren’t happy.
From the article:
I presume so.
With all sympathy, I don’t think it’s possible to make such grieving families happy. The expectations here seem unreasonable, even though in their position I’d want the same things.
Furthermore, the desires of the grieving family are a very poor basis for a system of justice. For one thing, what do you do about crimes against people without families?
We had a prosecutor in Seattle (Norm Maleng) who would invite the victim (or their family) to his office on very traumatic (rape, assault, murder) cases and explain his office’s efforts, the options, and the decisions he made. I heard from a retired judge recently that on one ever objected to his decisions after going through that process. People want to be heard, and respected.
ETA: he didn’t let the families make the decisions, of course. But he did listen to their concerns, and explain his reasoning.
This is your biz, not mine.
Agree that’s what most people want. And it helps if the official is skilled at explaining the constraints on the process to them. And allowing them input in the places where, ref @Chronos, it’s not doing more systemic harm than good.
But just as every retailer has stories of unsatisfiable “Karens”, decent bet every prosecutor’s office has victim families who will not rest until the alleged perp is drawn and quartered in the public square. Preferably before the trial.
So, how does the plea deal affect the process? From the article, it sounds like Kohberger will be convicted and sentenced without a trial?
That is correct. If the defense, prosecutor and judge all agree to the deal, Kohberger will formally plead guilty in a hearing, and then be sentenced, and go directly to prison.
He will also not be able to appeal, as there will be nothing to appeal.
Yes. But not technically “convicted.” That term is typically used when a judge or jury finds a person guilty after trial. He will plead guilty (or has already). Since he’s admitted guilt, he can be sentenced without a trial.
I’m sure there are some that cannot be reasoned with. However, Norm Maleng was our prosecutor for over 25 years, and no one can remember a case where the family objected after going through the meeting in his office.