But after Kohberger pleaded guilty, at least two dozen news outlets, including NewsNation, filed a motion to lift the order, saying there is no longer a need for it with the trial not happening.

Kohberger's defense team argued against lifting the gag order, saying it could lead to more media coverage and jeopardize the integrity of the sentencing process.

At a change of plea hearing last week, prosecutors asked to have the gag, officially called a “non-dissemination order,” remain in place until Kohberger’s official sentencing on July 23.

The judge said in June that if the venue changed, the trial date would still hold. Kohberger is accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students in an off-campus house in the early ...

The Kohberger trial was scheduled to begin in August, and the former criminology grad student faced the possibility of the death penalty, possibly by firing squad.

STAPILUS: The plea deal with accused killer Bryan Kohberger, as opposed to a murder trial, is what you would expect.

They don't get to have their son.” The irreversible nature of the murders, Johnson says, means justice can never actually be served. Kohberger’s sentencing is scheduled for July 23.