Overview

• Under a plea deal to avoid capital punishment, Judge Steven Hippler sentenced Kohberger to four consecutive life terms for first-degree murder and a 10-year term for burglary.
• The hearing featured emotional victim impact statements from the students’ families and two surviving roommates, some of whom confronted Kohberger in person.
• Kohberger again declined to address the court or offer any explanation for the killings when given the chance to speak before sentencing.
• With his sentence imposed, Kohberger was remanded to the Idaho Department of Correction to serve life without parole and waived his right to appeal.
• Judge Hippler said forcing a motive from Kohberger would grant him undue attention and acknowledged that the reason behind the 2022 Moscow stabbings may never be uncovered.