Bryan Kohberger update: Why does the Idaho murders convict want to withdraw his guilty plea? Victims’ families react
Bryan Kohberger, the man convicted of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students, is seeking to take back his guilty plea, he told The New York Times in an interview from prison. Bryan Kohberger, convicted in the 2022 Idaho student murders, is now seeking to withdraw his guilty plea. (AP) Kohberger said he has filed a petition to reopen the case, blaming his plea on “false promises” and wrong information. A post-conviction relief form was filed Monday in Idaho courts, according to court documents. Why Kohberger wants his guilty plea thrown out Kohberger was convicted last year after entering a guilty plea, during which he publicly admitted to the four killings for the first time, “My actual innocence is my truth, and the plea, hinged on by false promises and blatant disinformation, MUST be withdrawn,” Kohberger said in a statement given to The New York Times. As per People magazine, in his petition, Kohberger alleged that his attorneys withheld potentially exculpatory evidence, misled him about the consequences of pleading guilty and used threats and false …
