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 scenario Kohberger avoided a likely 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 explained he spent months systematically planning the attack and that his studies as a criminal justice graduate trainee at Washington State University helped him take initiatives 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 incident barring prosecutors defense attorneys and other administrators involved in the examination from talking to reporters or others about anything not already included in citizens court documents A coalition of news organizations including The Associated Press demanded 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