
Bryan Kohberger Sentenced To Life In Prison After Pleading Guilty To Murdering 4 Idaho College Students
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His guilty plea allowed him to dodge the death penalty.
Bryan Kohberger was sentenced to life in prison without parole Wednesday for murdering four University of Idaho students in 2022.
Judge Steven Hippler imposed four consecutive life sentences and a 10-year sentence for the burglary charge, declaring during the hearing that “the time has now come to end Mr. Kohberger’s 15 minutes of fame.” The sentencing followed impact statements from loved ones of the victims earlier in the day.
Hippler asked Kohberger if he wanted to address the court, to which Kohberger “respectfully” declined.
Earlier this month, Kohberger pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary in the 2022 killings of Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Madison Mogen, 21. The plea allowed him to dodge the death penalty. However, it also means that he will not be allowed to appeal his sentence, which he will serve without the possibility of parole.
The fatal stabbings Kohberger admitted to occurred in an off-campus house where Gonclaves, Kernodle and Mogen lived on Nov. 13, 2022. Chapin, who was also murdered that night, had been dating Kernodle, but he did not live in the house.













