Nearly three years after four University of Idaho college students were stabbed to death in an off-campus house in Moscow, Idaho, in the early morning hours of Nov. 13, 2022, a 30-year-old former criminology student Bryan Kohberger confessed to the murders on July 2 and signed a plea deal that would save him from the death penalty.

Cara Northington, mother of Idaho murder victim Xana Kernodle, supports Bryan Kohberger's plea deal despite initial concerns, saying it protects families from prolonged trauma

Important elements of public justice are washing away with the disappearance of trials.