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Kohberger's Defense Already Tested WHAT He Claims Was Hidden

The central claim in Bryan Kohberger's petition is that his defense team withheld exculpatory evidence — specifically hair found in Ethan Chapin's hand. But a DNA expert retained by that same defense team examined the hair and found it consistent with Chapin's own reference sample. That report was filed in June 2025, a month before the plea.Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta of Defense Diaries examines the gap between what the petition claims and what the record shows. He covers the true crime book that appears to be the source of Kohberger's legal theory, the nine-page questionnaire confirming the plea was voluntary, and the Goncalves family now welcoming a retrial and the return of the death penalty.Motta addresses the procedural reality of what Kohberger faces if he succeeds — Idaho, firing squad, and a jury that knows he already confessed — and whether the historical pattern offers a single case where this worked.Tony Brueski and criminal defense attorney Bob Motta of Defense Diaries.

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