An Idaho judge has lifted a sweeping gag order in Bryan Kohberger’s quadruple murder case

BOISE Idaho AP An Idaho judge has lifted a sweeping gag order in Bryan Kohberger s quadruple murder circumstance Kohberger avoided a foreseen death sentence by pleading guilty earlier this month to the brutal stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students at a rental home near campus in Prosecutors disclosed he spent months diligently planning the attack and that his studies as a criminal justice graduate candidate at Washington State University helped him take approaches to cover up his tracks Kohberger admitted to emerging into the rental home through a sliding door and killing the four friends who had no connection with him A judge in Moscow Idaho issued a sweeping gag order early in the episode barring prosecutors defense attorneys and other functionaries involved in the inquiry from talking to reporters or others about anything not already included in community court documents A coalition of news organizations including The Associated Press questioned the judge to lift the gag order but he refused saying additional publicity could harm Kohberger s right to a fair trial However the gag order was lifted Thursday