New Delhi, July 23 -- Bryan Kohberger, the former criminology PhD student who pleaded guilty to the brutal 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students, is scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday (July 23) in Boise, Idaho. The hearing, beginning at 9 a.m. Mountain Time, is expected to last all day and could stretch into Thursday to allow time for victim impact statements.

Kohberger, 30, admitted earlier this month to killing Madison Mogen, 21; Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Ethan Chapin, 20. In return for his guilty plea and waiver of appeal rights, prosecutors dropped the pursuit of the death penalty and instead recommended four consecutive life sentences without parole.

While the sentence is largely a foregone conclu...