Did Bryan Kohberger Just Trade Life For The Firing Squad?!

True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews · Aug 7, 2026 · 16m

In July 2025, Bryan Kohberger stood in an Ada County courtroom and admitted to killing four University of Idaho students. The plea deal gave him four consecutive life sentences without parole and removed the death penalty. He signed a nine-page questionnaire. He told the judge he was guilty.Thirteen months later, he wants it all back. His handwritten petition for post-conviction relief claims ineffective assistance of counsel, coercion, and withheld evidence. He alleges his lawyers told his family a fabricated story about death row to pressure the deal. He says he was advised to lie.The…