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,

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