Twenty regional and national news organizations have formed a coalition to ask a judge to narrow a gag order in the case of a man accused of killing four University of Idaho students
and neighboring Pullman, Washington, where Kohberger was a graduate student studying criminology at Washington State University.
Dan Shelley, the president of the Radio Television Digital News Association, said there are other ways to ensure a fair trial. The national association is a member of the coalition. The case drew worldwide attention, particularly from people who styled themselves as sleuths on social media sites. In the weeks before Kohberger's arrest, some of those sleuths publicized their own theories about the slayings online. The theories often wrongly placed the blame on the victims' surviving friends, relatives or others.
“We're not lawyers for the most part, nor are our readers, and those explanations can help make sure that inaccurate information isn't spread about what's happening in our halls of justice," Russell said. Notably, both the prosecution and defense attorneys had filed a document roughly two hours earlier saying they agreed to the creation of a gag order and wanted it to include investigators and law enforcement.
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