Judge John Judge called it “the most difficult decision” of his career.
On Tuesday, in an upstate court in Idaho, the presiding judge over a case that has gripped the nation’s attention gave the defense what it had long sought: The trial against the accused murderer Bryan Kohberger will be moved, probably as far as five hours south to the suburbs of Boise.
“Considering the undisputed evidence presented by the defense, the extreme nature of the news coverage in this case, and the smaller population in Latah County, the defense has met the rather low standard of demonstrating ‘reasonable likelihood’ that prejudicial news coverage will compromise a fair trial in Latah County,” Latah County District Judge John Judge wrote in a brief.
Kohberger, a 28-year-old former Washington State doctoral student, is accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students in the early morning hours…
