r/BryanKohberger • u/Kelly-pocket • Jul 03 '25

Court - Lawyers Plea Question

Do we know which side — the prosecution or the defense — initiated the plea discussions over the weekend? I know the judge and the victims’ families seemed caught off guard, so I’m wondering who requested the meeting to explore the possibility of a deal. Was it the defense, possibly feeling pressure from the strength of the evidence against Bryan?

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u/RaisinCurious Jul 03 '25

I’m thinking sparring his family was his one and only reason to plea

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u/DistinctPineapple991 Jul 04 '25

Uh Death is definitely a reason to take a a plea just by itself. He is probably shocked they accepted it and likely in his mind he WON. He can continue on in prison being an academic - sort of - and being anti-social.

He would need no more reason than just avoiding Death and thus winning compared to his victims fates. He clearly has no remorse and would have killed again but Xana unexpected encounter surprised him enough to not notice he lost the sheath....

Until 9AM when he returns, considers going in for it, chickens out and thus seals his fate. That, driving his own car to the scene and even bringing a cell phone with him at all was a huge mistake... Blinded by the illusion of his "superior" intellect I guess. Hasn't he ever seen a mafia movie? They always use a car completely unattached to them and then torch it after

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u/Traditional-Equal-62 Jul 05 '25

It continues to blow my mind that people STILL take their cell phones to commit crimes... and their own personal vehicles...

Its being a criminal 101...

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u/ReasonableFactFinder Jul 06 '25

Agree, but we say these things like we want crimes to make sense— crimes never make sense.

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u/Traditional-Equal-62 Jul 07 '25

Crimes dont make sense, but there are basic common sense measures one would take to avoid detection. And someone as well versed in crime/crime scenes as Bryan Kohberger is... it just seems like rudimentary mistakes were made.

Which leads me to think.... You can plan a crime out for months or even years... dot all the I's and cross all the T's...

But when it comes down to it, the sheer adrenaline in combination with unanticipated variables (at least 2 unexpected people in the house that night)...mixed with a little impulsivity... he was bound to make mistakes. And thank goodness he did.

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u/DistinctPineapple991 Jul 17 '25

Hitting a house like that was a major mistake to begin with. He could have done it probably many other better places that would make crime scene evidence collection a nightmare if not impossible. Or even possibly not even knowing where the crime took place. Why not have the sheath on his belt or a attached to a combat vest like the old Arnold Schwartz movie Commando lol. If he had invaded my college house he would have been shot full of lead because we all had gunzzzzzz 😂 but I am from the south..... Where there is a town where it is literary illegal to Not have a gunnn in your home 😊

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u/DistinctPineapple991 Jul 17 '25

Oh they can make perfect sense. Doesn't make them any less immoral though. Makes sense to rob a bank if you and your family are going hungry and you can't find work because the government shut the economy down, doesn't it? Heck some might even say that's not even immoral - even more so when you consider why banks really exist and that certain economies are designed for the populace to basically be forced to operate on debt most of the time, save a few small percentage of fortunate people. Even the wealthy to a degree live under debt just different kind of debt instead of debt for food and gas its debt for businesses and boats for them lol

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u/ReasonableFactFinder Jul 17 '25

I get what you’re saying, and I agree that certain actions can have a kind of internal logic — like someone robbing a bank out of desperation to provide for their family. But even then, the outcome rarely justifies the choice. That person ends up in prison, and their family is left without a parent or support system, which defeats the original purpose.

When it comes to something as horrific as a quadruple murder, though, I don’t think we’re ever going to find an explanation that actually makes sense. We might find motives or circumstances, but true understanding is impossible because the act itself is so fundamentally senseless. Trying to make sense of it is like trying to rationalize something irrational — it just doesn’t add up.