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Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger has autism, which should bar death penalty, lawyer says
NY Post ^ | 03/06/2025 | Michael Ruiz, Fox News

Posted on 03/06/2025 12:10:07 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Bryan Kohberger has autism, according to his lead defense lawyer, who is arguing the diagnosis means he should not face the possibility of the death penalty if he is convicted of the murders of a group of University of Idaho students who were killed in a 4 a.m. home invasion attack in November 2022.

“Bryan C. Kohberger, by and through his attorneys of record… hereby moves this Court to strike the death penalty as a sentencing option in his case because Mr. Kohberger’s autism spectrum disorder (ASD) reduces his culpability, negates the retributive and deterrent purposes of capital punishment, and exposes him to the unacceptable risk that he will be wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death,” Anne Taylor wrote in a newly unsealed, 28-page court filing.

She argued that repetitive behaviors such as rocking in place or Kohberger’s failure to make eye contact would be perceived by jurors as “strange, out-of-control, and even disrespectful of such a solemn proceeding” or interpreted as guilt or shame. She said her client had been examined by Dr. Rachel Orr, who found that Kohberger’s autism has a “significant impact on his daily life.”

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KEYWORDS: autism; bar; bryan; death; idaho; kohberger; lawyer; murders; penalty; suspect
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What a crock. Lordy.
1 posted on 03/06/2025 12:10:07 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Of course he would say that if Kohberger had had a bad case of sunburn as a child.


2 posted on 03/06/2025 12:13:03 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: ChicagoConservative27

in a fair Universe, the judge could rule:

the murderer’s lawyers will now be jailed and face
the same penalty.


3 posted on 03/06/2025 12:14:40 PM PST by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Steely Tom

When does this monster’s trial start ?


4 posted on 03/06/2025 12:15:32 PM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The legal kitchen sink.


5 posted on 03/06/2025 12:15:34 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: ChicagoConservative27
That's OK. His executioner has autism too.

6 posted on 03/06/2025 12:16:02 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Like RUSH would say, he didn’t get enough Peanut Butter as a kid. It’s not his fault.


7 posted on 03/06/2025 12:17:15 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Execution cures it...................


8 posted on 03/06/2025 12:18:26 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Next they’ll be telling us he’s got a bad case of toe fungus.


9 posted on 03/06/2025 12:19:38 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (SCOTUS stuck it to Americans again. Africa and other failed communist dumps are our responsibility.)
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To: stylecouncilor

Ping


10 posted on 03/06/2025 12:20:28 PM PST by windcliff
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To: Col Frank Slade
When does this monster’s trial start ?

Currently scheduled for Monday, 11 August 2025.

11 posted on 03/06/2025 12:21:02 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I know some people with autism, and one I love dearly. They are as morally responsible as anyone.

I don’t know why there is a rash of autistic killers lately. I can only think that they are far more susceptible to obsession - but what is it that triggers the obsession?


12 posted on 03/06/2025 12:23:18 PM PST by heartwood (If you're looking for the /sarc tag, you just passed it.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

toeing the line means something entirely different when there’s a fungus among us.


13 posted on 03/06/2025 12:24:01 PM PST by Qwapisking ("The left will rue the day they cheated Trump out of the 2020 election forever" L.Star )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Murder is murder. It doesn’t matter what the excuse is.


14 posted on 03/06/2025 12:24:06 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: ChicagoConservative27

First, the lawyer wanted all the evidence barred, which is certainly helpful for the defence, now he has autism and somehow that will save his life.

Evil men in prison usually have a keener since of justice than the court system and lawyers have, so he probably won’t last very long in prison.


15 posted on 03/06/2025 12:24:20 PM PST by odawg
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To: ChicagoConservative27

By some definitions or symptoms almost everyone is autistic.


16 posted on 03/06/2025 12:24:54 PM PST by xp38
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Murder is murder. It doesn’t matter what the excuse is.

Some people feel sorry for him, the 3 girls he liked to stalk are no longer alive.

17 posted on 03/06/2025 12:25:00 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I now realize that everyone of us could be diagnosed with some kind of mental, emotional or social “condition”.
Reviewing my life, I would probably have been labeled as someone with Asperger’s syndrome, a chronic daydreamer, who often mis reads the social cues of others, or who at times just does not care what others think. I still must know and obey the basic laws of civilized society. I don’t get a free pass from knowingly committing crimes. All of us are “defective” in our own ways. To me, that makes life more interesting. We are not Clones.


18 posted on 03/06/2025 12:36:54 PM PST by lee martell
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To: 1Old Pro
If the lawyer for the defendant is pleading for an exemption from the death penalty for his client, it is because he knows full well his client is guilty as hell.

Which makes any trial for this SOB a sham and a waste of law-abiding taxpayers' dollars.

We need frontier justice in this country.

19 posted on 03/06/2025 12:38:05 PM PST by 4Runner (Watch. Wallet. Gun. Right foot! Left foot! Sweet Liberty Valens! Thank God for Guns! --Denny Crane)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
The defendant is a PhD candidate in criminology. Clearly there is no impairment that would block the death penalty. The defendant is exquisitely schooled in the details of criminal activity and likely leveraged those skills in committing the acts for which he stands accused.
20 posted on 03/06/2025 12:39:03 PM PST by Myrddin
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