Can Kohberger get a fair trial at this point?

I brought up a while back the question of can quadruple murder defendant Bryan Kohberger get a fair trial this fall or whenever the event will officially start?

Although the trial date of Monday, Oct. 2 has been set for the defendant in the Moscow, Idaho murders of four University of Idaho students, such a date could easily be pushed back.

With that in mind, it begs the question again of can the Pennsylvania native get a fair trial at this point in Moscow, Boise, or anywhere in the state for that matter?

While social media and the courts are two entirely different things, the former can have an influence on how people vote when it comes time to cast a verdict.

Yes, you are supposed to find 12 impartial jurors. Those jurors are not to come into a trial, especially one with so much notoriety, having had already determined in their minds guilt or innocence. It is only after both sides have presented their cases to the jury that jurors are to then proceed to go about making up their minds.

Sadly, social media has likely poisoned the minds of some potential jurors. The hope is such jurors will be weeded out and not be on the jury that will ultimately decide this man’s fate.

One only has to look at a group on Facebook like University of Idaho Murders – Case Discussion.

The site run by Alina Smith is not exactly a big fan of BK’s. The bulk of the posts on there are quite anti-Bryan Kohberger. In fact, some border on threatening BK’s existence as we know it. Unfortunately, it is at times like watching a cat or small dog trying to evade a pack of coyotes moving in for the attack. If you think Kohberger may be innocent or has the right to a fair trial, expect to defend yourself vigorously. Also stop for a moment and remember what the word DISCUSSION truly means.

Two examples of many would include: :

Look, I have suspicions he is involved in some capacity, be it either the lone perpetrator or one of several people who descended on the 1122 King Road home in the early hours of Nov. 13, 2022 and ultimately took four young lives. If Kohberger is in fact found guilty in a fair and square trial, by all means give him the stiffest penalty possible under Idaho law.

Meantime, it would be nice to have more groups like a few I joined of late that allow participants to discuss matters in a respectful way. These groups do not tolerate any shenanigans. Someone who feels Kohberger is guilty has every right to voice their opinion as do those who have questions about the case and want more evidence before potentially convicting a man on social media.

While I’d like to think Kohberger can get a fair trial come October or even later down the road, I doubt this more and more.

Do you think there are 12 impartial people in Idaho who will hear all the evidence and vote strictly off of that?

I hold out hope that is in fact the case.

Without such a thing, ALL of us lose at the end of the day in the America many feel offers the best court system in the world.