An Idaho judge has lifted a sweeping gag order in Bryan Kohberger’s quadruple murder case. Kohberger avoided a potential death sentence by pleading guilty earlier this month to the brutal stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students at a rental home near campus in 2022.

The order, also known as a gag order, banned police and prosecutors from speaking about the high-profile case that gripped the nation. Hippler's decision to end the gag order comes six days before admitted killer Bryan Kohberger's sentencing.