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Bryan Kohberger was the only first-year doctoral candidate in Washington State University criminology program who supported the death penalty, according to students

In an argument with one classmate he told her to imagine that her 12-year-old daughter had been raped and murdered

He also said the victim's family should decide on the death penalty — then took a plea deal to avoid being executed

Bryan Kohberger often found himself at odds with his fellow doctoral candidates in the criminology program at Washington State University — including when it came to issues of crime and punishment.

One of those points of disagreement was the death penalty, which Kohberger strongly supported and every other member of his class did not, according to newly unsealed interviews released

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