Overview

• On June 30, Kohberger accepted a plea deal requiring guilty pleas to four counts of first-degree murder and burglary in return for prosecutors abandoning the death penalty.
• Under the agreement, he faces four consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole and must waive his right to appeal.
• A formal change-of-plea hearing is scheduled for early July in Boise, with sentencing expected in late July.
• Victims’ families have voiced anger over the secretive process and say they had minimal input on the plea negotiations.
• A Pennsylvania judge is concurrently deciding whether seven potential defense witnesses must testify at what had been the August trial.