Bryan Kohberger, charged with the stabbing deaths of four Idaho college students in 2022, will not be spared from the death penalty regardless of his recent autism diagnosis, a judge ruled. Judge Steven Hippler ruled that Kohberger is not disqualified from the death penalty since his attorneys did not show that autism spectrum disorder is

This was one of the latest — and likely final — attempts by Kohberger’s attorneys to remove the death penalty as an option.