A judge is expected to order Bryan Kohberger to serve four life sentences without parole this week for the brutal stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students nearly three years ago

Bryan Kohberger will be sentenced in Idaho Wednesday after a plea deal removing the death penalty, sparking debate on its application amid high-profile murders.

A state district judge in Idaho lifted the gag order that largely obscured the case of Bryan Kohberger, who recently pleaded guilty to murdering four University of Idaho students in an off-campus house in November 2022.