As a judge is poised to decide whether Bryan Kohberger can accept a plea deal that would allow him to avoid the death penalty in the 2022 killings of four Idaho college students, one victim’s father says he views the deal as a relief from the pain and spectacle of a trial,

Bryan Kohberger will appear in court this week for sentencing after pleading guilty to killing four University of Idaho students.

Kohberger’s guilty plea allows him to avoid the death penalty, but it also leaves a lot of questions that could have been answered at trial.

Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder after the prosecution and defense reached a plea agreement.