Attorneys for the man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death in 2022 have nodded to autism spectrum disorder in asking the court to ensure the 30-year-old wouldn’t get the death penalty if convicted,

Defense attorneys for Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022, may argue that their client is on the autism spectrum as a way to get the death penalty off the table.

The defense team for a man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022 might ask a judge to take the death penalty off the table because of autism, court records show.

In a motion filed on Monday, it appears that Kohberger's defense team is asking the judge to strike the death penalty as a sentencing option.

Attorneys for quadruple murder suspect Bryan Kohberger have filed documents that may allow them to nod to an autism spectrum disorder in an effort to get the death penalty off the table if convicted.

The trial is set to begin on August 11.

Bryan Kohberger's defense team has filed motion to remove the death penalty and may be preparing to argue the accused killer has autism.