Convicted killer seeks to withdraw guilty plea and go to trial \u2013 but that could put death penalty sentence back in play<\/p>\n
Could Bryan Kohberger, convicted 13 months ago of the murders of four University of Idaho students, now find himself on death row? That\u2019s one potential outcome of a perplexing petition he filed last week in which he claimed he was misled by his defense attorneys into pleading guilty.<\/p>\n
A new trial could grant the wishes of family members who hoped to see the 31-year doctoral criminology student convicted by a jury in open court and sentenced to death. Or is Kohberger simply following the example of many serial killers in attempting to gain control of the narrative and extend the suffering of his victims\u2019 families?<\/p>\n
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