Bryan Kohberger Prosecutor Had One other Controversial Plea Deal With Demise Penalty

The Bryan Kohberger plea deal in Idaho isn’t the primary controversial discount struck by the identical District Legal professional’s Workplace … as a result of the highest prosecutor made the same deal practically 29 years in the past to the day … and it additionally concerned murders and the loss of life penalty.

TMZ did some digging and we discovered that again in July 1996, Latah County Prosecutor Invoice Thompson — who nonetheless holds the identical place at present — struck a deal to spare the lifetime of a person who admitted to killing two individuals.

The parallels listed below are eerie … as a result of in that case, two Chinese language nationals have been stabbed to loss of life of their Moscow, ID residence … and a former College of Idaho pupil copped to the murders.

The killer, Wenkai Li, was charged with first-degree homicide, and capital punishment was on the desk if he was discovered responsible … however he struck a cope with Thompson the place the loss of life penalty was taken off the desk, and he pled responsible to second-degree homicide.

The households of the slain victims in that case have been livid, they usually ripped Thompson in a letter to the decide, saying they have been “extraordinarily upset and dissatisfied with the plea discount” … which they mentioned betrayed the reality.

In Kohberger’s case … he was charged with first-degree homicide within the brutal stabbing deaths of College of Idaho college students Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves. The scholars have been killed inside their off-campus dwelling in Moscow.

Prosecutors have been in search of the loss of life penalty, however they made a cope with Kohberger the place he’ll plead guilty in trade for prosecutors eradicating capital punishment from the equation … and the households of two of the victims are up in arms.

Thompson is the widespread denominator right here and it kinda makes ya marvel … is that this the D.A.’s modus operandi … taking the loss of life penalty off the desk and plea-bargaining to keep away from a trial?!?