Howard Blum

that Brian Koberger was never in the house. He didn't put it there. The real perpetrators put that knife sheath there and somehow they had gotten Koberger's DNA on it.

I think in the back of the defense's mind, and this is what I'm hearing, is they're trying to avoid the death penalty. Just last week, I think it was March 12th or so, Brad Little, the governor of Idaho, signed a law that makes the firing squad the primary form of execution in the state. That's what happens. You get convicted in a death penalty case, you go before the firing squad.

I think in the back of the defense's mind, and this is what I'm hearing, is they're trying to avoid the death penalty. Just last week, I think it was March 12th or so, Brad Little, the governor of Idaho, signed a law that makes the firing squad the primary form of execution in the state. That's what happens. You get convicted in a death penalty case, you go before the firing squad.

I think in the back of the defense's mind, and this is what I'm hearing, is they're trying to avoid the death penalty. Just last week, I think it was March 12th or so, Brad Little, the governor of Idaho, signed a law that makes the firing squad the primary form of execution in the state. That's what happens. You get convicted in a death penalty case, you go before the firing squad.

That's your sentence. Koberger's team is now trying to do whatever they can to avoid it. The key to that defense is they've raised that Koberger is on the autistic spectrum, and they're saying that he has an inability to concentrate, to focus.

That's your sentence. Koberger's team is now trying to do whatever they can to avoid it. The key to that defense is they've raised that Koberger is on the autistic spectrum, and they're saying that he has an inability to concentrate, to focus.

That's your sentence. Koberger's team is now trying to do whatever they can to avoid it. The key to that defense is they've raised that Koberger is on the autistic spectrum, and they're saying that he has an inability to concentrate, to focus.

His presence in the courtroom will disturb people, and they're saying that will be prejudiced jurors, and therefore the death penalty should be taken off the table because of that. I believe, and this is just my theory, my hypothesis, is that they don't think that will fly.

His presence in the courtroom will disturb people, and they're saying that will be prejudiced jurors, and therefore the death penalty should be taken off the table because of that. I believe, and this is just my theory, my hypothesis, is that they don't think that will fly.

His presence in the courtroom will disturb people, and they're saying that will be prejudiced jurors, and therefore the death penalty should be taken off the table because of that. I believe, and this is just my theory, my hypothesis, is that they don't think that will fly.

But they're hoping down the road that if Kohlberger still wants this case to go to trial, that they're going to be able to say, because of his autistic spectrum profile, that he can't make his own decisions, that they have to make the decisions for him, and that they want to enter into a plea deal. Will the prosecution go along with that? Well, that's what we'll see.

But they're hoping down the road that if Kohlberger still wants this case to go to trial, that they're going to be able to say, because of his autistic spectrum profile, that he can't make his own decisions, that they have to make the decisions for him, and that they want to enter into a plea deal. Will the prosecution go along with that? Well, that's what we'll see.

But they're hoping down the road that if Kohlberger still wants this case to go to trial, that they're going to be able to say, because of his autistic spectrum profile, that he can't make his own decisions, that they have to make the decisions for him, and that they want to enter into a plea deal. Will the prosecution go along with that? Well, that's what we'll see.

That's going to be, I think, the big drama of this trial.

That's going to be, I think, the big drama of this trial.

That's going to be, I think, the big drama of this trial.

Well, it was done to avoid the death penalty, but also buried into that motion is they talk in great detail, which I sort of found surprising, about Kohlberger's inability to process information and to, this is a PhD graduate candidate, and also to work with them to give them the information that they need. They say they're hampered by Koberger.

Well, it was done to avoid the death penalty, but also buried into that motion is they talk in great detail, which I sort of found surprising, about Kohlberger's inability to process information and to, this is a PhD graduate candidate, and also to work with them to give them the information that they need. They say they're hampered by Koberger.

Well, it was done to avoid the death penalty, but also buried into that motion is they talk in great detail, which I sort of found surprising, about Kohlberger's inability to process information and to, this is a PhD graduate candidate, and also to work with them to give them the information that they need. They say they're hampered by Koberger.

So I think they're going to claim that he's unable to be in charge of his own defense, that he can't make the right decisions, and therefore they want to take over the case completely and make the decisions, and they want, without his permission, to go forward to the state and try to make a plea deal.