Bryan Kohberger's new lawyer is taking another swing at Idaho prosecutors in his fight to have the judge who called his client a "faceless coward" removed from post-conviction proceedings.Court-appointed attorney Greg Rauch is accusing Latah County prosecutors of "regurgitating" rules rather than addressing concerns raised in his motion to disqualify Judge Steven Hippler from the case.Hippler said Kohberger, 31, "slithered" into the victims' home before committing a crime that made him "the worst of the worst" after the killer admitted guilt last year.At issue, according to Rauch, "is how [Hippler's] statements about counsel’s preparation and [Kohberger's] capacity for truthfulness bear on the disputes it may now decide, in combination with the myriad of other statements made."KOHBERGER PROSECUTORS SAY NO AS IDAHO KILLER TRIES TO BOOT JUDGE WHO CALLED HIM A 'FACELESS COWARD'Judge Steven Hippler of Idaho's 4th Judicial District in Ada County rejected the latest attempt by Bryan Kohberger's defense to drop the death penalty as a possible sentence if a jury convicts him of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022.(Katherine Jones/Idaho Statesman/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)And when addressing the fact that there would be no allocution or explanation from Kohberger, the judge also questioned whether Kohberger even possessed the capacity to say something truthful."Even if I could force him to speak, which legally I cannot, how could anyone ever be assured that what he speaks is the truth?" Hippler asked during sentencing.
"Do we really believe, after all of this, he is capable of speaking the truth, or of giving up something of himself to help the very people whose lives he destroyed? Rather, I suspect the so-called reason would be dished out in enticing self-serving and aggrandizing untruthful bits, leaving people wanting more information, more insight, and thus enhancing even further the power he seeks to hold."BRYAN KOHBERGER DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WH...