Bryan Kohberger's defense team seeks to remove death penalty

Lawyers for Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students, are making a new appeal in an attempt to take the death penalty off the table. NBC’s Laura Jarrett joins TODAY to break down the arguments.

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[British]

So insulting for the victims families - sick of this defense team’s bs

[janetpatri]

Oh so now he doesn’t want to die. Poor baby.

[swerne]

If he's innocent why are his attorneys worried about the penalty for being guilty?

[keithlewis]

Why should the tax payers feel the pain for keeping him alive for free.

[Damocoburn]

They should offer to remove it IF he pleads guilty. Then the parents won’t have to go through the trial

[cubefarmerhkc]

How is this not a death penalty case? 4 people were killed in cold blood.

[patmatejcek]

Unbelievable they would even ask for this. Feel so bad for these families

[British]

At this point we should just let him go, Ann Taylor. Next it will be we are not feeding him well in jail while she hinders progress to get this trial going

[nvwms]

Why do his lawyers want to remove death penalty ? He said he was innocent and has an alibi?

[williamamacker]

This is ridiculous. The death penalty should be never taken off of a case, if the case is worthy of a death sentence, which this one is.🇺🇸☘️🤘🏻⚡️⚡️

[naashuman]

Dexter Morgan needs a chat with Kohberger.

[ItisMeMike]

If he's innocent it should be pretty easy to debunk the charges.. why they worried about dp 😆 .. times up kohburglar. You have no defense. Face it ann

[PaulStevenson-okhb]

This motion by the defense should shut down all these bk fan pages an creators. I had to stop watching all these because they were getting crazy with conspiracy theories! They have the only person involved in jail and if he had a helper he is dead!

[Groovyredhead]

The judge is debating on whether or not to move the trial? They need to move the trial. He deserves a fair trial. He won’t be able to get that in a small town. That’s a college town where the majority have already found him guilty by public opinion. He may be guilty, but just like every other human being who walks the planet, he deserves a fair trial. He deserves a jury who does not have their mind made up already.

[SandwichAndsoup]

How are they assuming he is guilty I want to hear the evidence

[Spicy]

Because they know they are going to lose and he is going to get the death penalty!

[jolenepol]

I’m sure the taxpayers don’t want to support this guy while he sits in prison making money off of writing books on his crime(s).

[RoyalPurpleStar]

Don’t understand why and how people are already deciding that he is definitely guilty simply based on evidence presented in the media. Absolutely preposterous!! 🙄

[david_cop_a_feel]

No Plea Deals. Here or in Delphi. Death penalty only!

[Report_RA_And_BK_Fanboys]

Funny we don’t see many Kohberger fanboys in this comment section. I wonder if many of them will delete their comments after he is found guilty.