New Delhi, July 1 -- The family of Kaylee Goncalves, 21, one of the four Idaho college students allegedly killed by Bryan Kohberger, lamented they were "vaguely" contacted on Friday regarding a potential agreement and were shocked to learn it had been finalised by Sunday.

"The death penalty is merely an illusion in the criminal justice system. When available, it serves as a bargaining tool for the State, and when rarely applied, it's never enforced due to a highly inefficient appellate process. The notion that someone can plead guilty to a crime and still face years of appellate delays reveals a systemic failure," Goncalves's family, in a statement, said through attorney Shanon Gray following it.

The statement added, "We weren't even ca...