Idaho Maximum Security Penitentiary

Bryan Kohberger, serving four life sentences for the 2022 University of Idaho student murders, is requesting to withdraw his guilty plea, alleging his attorneys manipulated him with promises of better prison conditions and death row threats. The court must determine if his plea was voluntary under Idaho law's 'manifest injustice' standard.

Bryan Kohberger, serving four life sentences for the 2022 University of Idaho student murders, has filed a handwritten petition to withdraw his guilty plea, alleging his attorneys manipulated him with promises of better prison conditions and false death row threats. Kohberger claims his plea was not voluntary, citing unkept promises and withheld evidence like an 'unknown hair' found in a victim's hand.