Judge Allows Death Penalty for Bryan Kohberger

A judge ruled that prosecutors can pursue the death penalty against 2022 University of Idaho murders, who is charged with the 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students. 2022 University of Idaho murders's defense attorneys argued that his autism spectrum disorder diagnosis should preclude the death penalty, citing the Eighth Amendment of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. However, Judge Steven Hippler sided with prosecutors, who argued that under United States — Supreme Court of the United States precedent, only intellectual disability, not autism, exempts an individual from capital punishment. Dr. Rachel Orr diagnosed 2022 University of Idaho murders with Autism Spectrum Disorder, level 1, without intellectual impairment.