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Bryan Kohberger’s attorneys scolded by judge for contacting potential jurors ahead of Idaho murders trial

Source: AP

An Idaho judge overseeing Bryan Kohberger’s quadruple murder case slammed the suspect’s defence team for contacting potential jurors.

But Kohberger’s defence attorney Anne Taylor argued that the commissioned phone surveys were an important part of her ongoing efforts to seek a change of venue for the trial, given all the local media coverage on the case.

Kohberger, 29, is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022. He watched

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