Bryan Kohberger enters Idaho courtroom

Accused Idaho killer Bryan Kohberger could face a firing squad if convicted of brutally murdering all four University of Idaho students.

Bryan Kohberger, 28, is accused fatally stabbing 20-year-old Ethan Chapin of Conway, Washington; 21-year-old Madison Mogen of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; 20-year-old Xana Kernodle of Avondale, Arizona; and 21-year-old Kaylee Goncalves of Rathdrum, Idaho on November 13.

Murder victims from left: Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Maddie Mogen

Latah County prosecutors have not yet said whether they plan to pursue the death penalty against Bryan Kohberger.

Latah County prosecutor Bill Thompson

Kohberger could face a firing squad if convicted since a GOP state lawmaker introduced a new bill that would bring back the method of legal execution.

Last week Rep. Bruce Skaug R-Nampa introduced a bill that would bring back the firing squad as a form of death penalty execution.

Currently Idaho only allows for lethal injections.

“Skaug’s bill adds the firing squad as a form of execution. It states that no later than five days after a death warrant is issued, the IDOC director must determine whether execution by lethal injection is an available method. If the method is not available, IDOC shall use the firing squad.” – East Idaho News reported.

Death by firing squad was legal in Idaho until 2009.

Skaug argued death by firing squad is more humane because lethal injections can be botched, the outlet said.

According to the court documents, Kohberger’s DNA was found on a tan leather knife sheath left behind on Maddie Mogen’s bed on the 3rd floor at the King Road Residence.

“The sheath was later processed and had ‘Ka-Bar’ ‘USMC’ and the United States Marine Corps eagle globe and anchor insignia stamped on the outside of it,” Idaho police officer Brett Payne wrote in the 19-page affidavit. “The Idaho state lab later located a single source of male DNA (suspect Profile) left on the button snap of the knife sheath.”

Police also executed a search warrant at Kohberger’s Pullman, WA apartment which was located approximately 10 miles from the crime scene.

The search warrant was unsealed last month.

Police found one nitrite type glove, 13 possible hair strands (one possible animal hair strand), 1 collection of dark red spot (possible blood), 2 cuttings from uncased pillow of reddish/brown stain (possible blood) among other pieces of evidence.

No weapons were recovered.

The judge overseeing the quadruple murder case imposed a strict gag order so very little information about other evidence linking Kohberger to the victims has been released through leaks to the media.

According to People, Kohberger had “more than one picture” of one of the female victims stored on his phone.

Kohberger also reportedly messaged one of the female victims on Instagram two weeks before the murders.

Click here to read the probable cause affidavit and read through and analysis.

Click here to read the unsealed search warrant on Bryan Kohberger’s Pullman, Washington apartment.

The preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 26 at 9 am.

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(Mayor Cantrell)

LACAG: ORLEANS PARISH FAILS TO SECURE RECALL SIGNATURES TO GET RID OF CORRUPT MAYOR

Guest post by Christopher Alexander

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell may be the worse Mayor in the Country. She presides over one of the most crime-plagued Cities in the Country. Orleans Parish residents have had enough.  On February 22, 2023, at 3:50 PM Orleans Parish voters who are determined to recall Cantrell delivered roughly 60,000 boxed signatures to Orleans Parish Registrar of Voters Sandra Wilson at the ROV office.  The recall organizers provided Wilson more than enough legitimate signatures to trigger a recall vote on Cantrell. This was a feat that nobody thought was possible. It is a real David and Goliath story for the ages that resulted from the sort of tenacity and perseverance this Country could use much more of.

TGP wrote about this effort:

Corrupt Democrat New Orleans Mayor One Step Closer to Being Ousted

Recall Chairman Belden Batiste returned to Wilson’s office two days later, on February 24, 2023, to check on her progress in verifying and certifying the recall signatures.  What he saw, and filmed, was stunning. The boxes were situated on an open counter in the ROV office, completely unattended, and lids removed.  It was not until ROV personnel realized that Batiste was filming that the boxes were removed, one by one, to another location in the building.

Batiste captured video evidence that the boxes of recall signatures were not properly secured upon delivery to the ROV office and remained unsecured for at least 48 business hours before being removed to what one can only hope was a more secure location. It appears that, for at least two full business days, the evidence was fully accessible to anybody. There was nothing preventing any person from manipulating this evidence in any number of ways, including but not limited to theft of petition sheets. The Orleans Parish ROV has no way of reassuring the citizens of New Orleans that this has not occurred.

We are talking here about the citizen recall of a corrupt Mayor of one of the most famous cities in America.  More fundamentally, we are talking about the exercise of a core constitutional right by tens of thousands of Orleans Parish citizens.  It is both alarming and unacceptable that the custody and control of the signatures upon which that recall, and that right, depend would not have been managed with greater care. These boxes should have been secured upon delivery and kept fully secured 24 hours a day, 7 days a week until properly verified and certified.

In an age when one thinks it is nearly impossible for public officials to act more brazenly, here it is. Will Wilson be held accountable? Will Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin, Louisiana’s chief election official, make a public statement about this, and express his disapproval? We must hope so. This breach of public trust is a cause for enormous concern not just for citizens in Orleans Parish but across Louisiana. Wilson must reassure the public that this most important matter, from this point forward, will be handled in a manner that is totally non-partisan and absolutely beyond reproach. Or she should resign.

Christopher Alexander is with the Louisiana Citizen Advocacy Group www.lacag.org     

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