The defense team for the man accused of murdering four University of Idaho students said Thursday that his trial should not permit the death penalty as punishment, arguing that the state has “no real means” of executing an inmate and the methods are unconstitutional.
The death penalty hearing in Boise, Idaho, on whether suspect Bryan Kohberger can be executed if he is convicted comes less than a week before the campus community will mark two years since the quadruple homicide in the college town of Moscow.
“I don’t believe our constitution allows for us to move forward and make him sit in death row for years and years and years if the way Idaho is doing it right now isn’t really working,” Ann Taylor, Kohberger’s public defender, said. “It’s not a realistic option.”
“So you’re saying the anxiety of not knowing is a constitutional violation?” Ada County District Court Judge Steven Hippler asked.
Taylor continued: “It is anxiety. It is…
