If convicted of the Idaho student murders, Bryan Kohberger may be given the death penalty. In Idaho, that now means death by firing squad. How does that work? Who does the shooting? Is it an easy shot? Reporter Lauren Donovan talks with the ER doctor who's "arguably America's leading expert" on this form of execution (The Marshall Project, Fox News, NewsNation, NBC, CBS) - James Williams, MD.

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Reporter Shirah Matsuzawa talks with Steve Goncalves about the emergency dispatch audio, Idaho's firing squad, and what he misses most about his daughter.

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Could Bryan Kohberger's criminal justice studies make someone a better criminal? Journalist AJ Janavel says the answer lies partly in Pennsylvania, at DeSales University where Kohberger got his master's degree. AJ shares new statements from the school about Kohberger's academic pursuits, while former FBI profiler Dr. Mary Ellen O'Toole weighs in on what makes criminology students tick.

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Journalist David Rose puts you in the passenger's seat as we drive through the scene of the crime. The route is all over the map - just like the killer's state of mind, according to retired homicide detective Cloyd Steiger and forensic psychologist Dr. Rachel Stoles. Plus - the security camera video that true crime fans keep talking about.

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Bryan Kohberger's trial is supposed to start August 11th – a day that Stacy Chapin, Ethan Chapin’s mom, has been dreading. In her first major interview in a year and a half, Stacy shared with us that she’s worried about what she might do if Kohberger was sitting just a few feet away. “How do you prepare for that? If anybody has an answer out there, let me know, because I don't know.”

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The Defense challenged the DNA evidence and subsequent search warrants used to finger Kohberger for the University of Idaho student murders. But the judge wasn't buying it.

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It's the "bombshell" that could allow Bryan Kohberger to "walk free" at his capital murder trial - or so the headlines would have you believe. Our take: not quite but still maybe.

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"It just surprises me that they didn't find more DNA evidence." So says a respected retired homicide detective, who also explains A) why he thinks that, and B) how this evidence could still be retrieved tomorrow with the right equipment.

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As we wait for the judge to decide whether to throw out the knife sheath evidence against Bryan Kohbeger, there's already a *rebuttal* witness for the DNA link. If the strategy sounds doubtful to you, that's just what the defense wants.

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The first Bryan Kohberger court hearing of 2025 may be the most important yet. If Judge Hippler throws out the prosecution's genetic genealogy link, everything police derived from it goes too: his car, his apartment and the cell phone pings near the scene of the crime.

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