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David Maren's avatar

The father was incentivized to make that comment because his son being found guilty would reflect badly on him. Now that his son has pled guilty, he'll likely have a harder life.

Kohberger isn't as monstrous as the media portrays him. Yes — the crime was despicable. But he had severe mental health issues: he was a loner, severely bullied at school, and struggled with substance abuse like you mentioned. He also expressed psychological pain through comments on internet forums. I spoke about the media's handling of this in my latest essay.

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Richard Farley's avatar

Are we certain Sam Altman isn't the real killer?

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