A putrid plea deal
I’m both disgusted and mystified by the plea deal offered to Bryan Kohberger (“Surprise plea deal in Idaho coed slays,” July 1).
Although a plea deal in itself is understandable, as it spares the time and cost of a lengthy trial and eliminates any chances of appeal, what I don’t get is why Kohberger gets to keep mum on the details. He will have to give no account regarding the motivation for his crime.
As it stands now, he will be convicted, but instead of taking his secrets to death row, he will take them to the comfort and safety of a prison cell, where he can taunt his victims’ families for the next few dozen years.
What was the prosecution thinking, entertaining this deal for even one second?
E. R. Allen, Quebec, Canada
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