Prosecutors in Idaho accepted a late-stage plea deal from Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022. The agreement, finalized just weeks before trial, required Kohberger to plead guilty to four counts of first-degree murder and accept four life sentences without the possibility of parole.

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