检察官领导这个案子反对Bryan Kohberger的人支持在敏感的证人证词期间“至少”禁止摄像机进入法庭，他们认为这可能会危及证人的安全。
在周四晚上发布的一份法庭文件中，拉塔县检察官比尔·汤普森表示，他们“担心”摄像头“会对证人公开、全面和坦诚地证明一些可怕事件的能力产生实质性的寒蝉效应”
“这个案件必然不仅涉及图像性质的证据，还涉及许多年轻和脆弱的证人的证词，”检察官说，包括四名遇害学生的幸存室友麦迪逊·摩根、凯莉·冈萨尔维斯、伊桑·查平和夏之纳·克诺德，以及“许多爱达荷大学的女学生和家人朋友。”
检察官指责“传统”媒体和社交媒体“至少部分”对“威胁和骚扰”的“大量”关注，他们说“某些证人”及其家人和朋友在审判前遭受了“威胁和骚扰”。
虽然检察官表示，他们“完全”理解“负责任的媒体在帮助公众了解法庭上发生的真实情况方面的巨大价值”，但检方表示，他们认为这可以在没有摄像机的情况下完成，无论是静止的还是视频的。
除了该案备受瞩目的性质以及公众和媒体的“重大”关注，检察官表示，该案还涉及“重大的身体和情感因素”，既有“由于杀戮本身的性质”，也有“围绕受害者、他们的同伙、朋友、家人、国王路1122号的居民等的无数情况。”
“国家恭敬地提出，适当的行动方针将是法院禁止在法庭上使用相机，无论是静态的还是视频的，至少在审判期间和其他任何可能会传唤上述受害者作证的法庭诉讼期间，”汤普森写道。
至少在排除摄像头的问题上，检察官和律师站在一起支持他们起诉的那个人，双方都希望限制或禁止摄像头进入法庭，尽管他们都有自己的理由。
两周前，律师们曾经的博士生现在面临死刑谋杀指控要求法官禁止在法庭上使用摄像机“在余下的诉讼中，”引用“挥舞相机的”法庭观察员对他们的委托人的无端过度关注。
Kohberger的律师认为，报道可能会损害潜在的陪审团，他们说，这种风险是“无论他们走到哪里，都可以在他们的智能手机上看到，并不断被数以千计未经检查的来源更新。”
“这绝不是对媒体言论自由权的过度和限制性的负担，”Kohberger的律师说，“Kohberger先生有权在没有摄像头对准他的情况下为自己辩护。"
包括美国广播公司新闻在内的一个媒体联盟反对这一请求，认为辩方引用的媒体和社交媒体的例子“不支持他的立场”，而且“对媒体联盟故事的更广泛审查”表明，媒体联盟参与者和其他长期媒体机构事实上听从了法院关于如何拍摄和拍摄什么的指示。
法官还没有介入此事。
听证会定于9月13日下午举行，讨论将摄像头移出法庭的问题。从现在开始，相机将被允许拍摄。
检察官指控说，2022年11月13日凌晨，附近华盛顿州立大学的犯罪学博士生Kohberger闯入一所校外住宅，刺死了四名爱达荷大学的学生:20岁的Ethan Chapin麦迪逊·摩根，21岁;20岁的夏之纳·克诺德和21岁的凯莉·冈萨尔维斯。
经过六周的追捕，警方锁定Kohberger为嫌疑人，称他们跟踪了他的白色现代伊兰特和手机信号数据，并在一名受害者尸体旁发现的刀鞘上发现了当局所说的他的DNA。
Kohberger于5月被起诉，被控四项一级谋杀罪和一项入室盗窃罪。在提审时，他拒绝认罪，所以法官代表他提出了无罪抗辩。如果罪名成立，Kohberger可能面临死刑。
虽然审判最初定于10月2日，周三，Kohberger最近快速审判，无限期推迟审判。
Idaho college killings prosecutors want to limit cameras in court
Prosecutorsleading the caseagainst Bryan Kohberger support banning cameras from the courtroom "at a minimum" during sensitive witness testimony which they say could be compromised.
In a court filing posted Thursday evening, Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson says they're "concerned" that cameras "will have a substantial chilling effect on the ability of witnesses to openly, fully and candidly testify about some horrible occurrences."
"This case will necessarily involve not only evidence of a graphic nature, but also testimony from a number of young and vulnerable witnesses," prosecutors say -- including the surviving roommates of the four slain students, Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle -- as well as "a number of University of Idaho coeds and families and friends."
Prosecutors blame the "substantial" attention from "traditional" media and social media "at least partially" for the "threats and harassment" which they say "certain witnesses" and their families and friends have suffered leading up to the trial.
And while the prosecutors say they "fully" understand the "enormous value that responsible media has in helping the public to understand the true facts of what occurs in court," the prosecution says they think that can be accomplished without cameras -- either still or video -- present for proceedings.
In addition to the case's high-profile nature and the "significant" attention from public and press alike, prosecutors say it also involves "significant physical and emotional components," both "by virtue of the nature of the killings themselves" as well as "the myriad circumstances surrounding the victims, their associates, friends, family, the residents at 1122 King Road, and so forth."
"The State respectfully submits that the appropriate course of action would be for the court to prohibit cameras in the courtroom, both still and video, at a minimum during trial and during any other court proceedings at which victims such as described above might be called to testify," Thompson writes.
On this issue of excluding cameras at least, prosecutors align with lawyers for the man they're leading the case against, both sides want to limit or prohibit cameras from court, though each has their own reasons.
Two weeks ago, attorneys for theonetime Ph.D. studentnow facing capital murder chargesasked the judge to nix cameras from court"for the remainder of the proceedings," citing gratuitous hyperfocus on their client from "camera-[wielding] courtroom observers."
Arguing that coverage could prejudice a potential jury pool, Kohberger's lawyers said that that risk is "wherever they go, viewable on their smartphones and constantly updated by thousands of unchecked sources."
"Far from constituting an undue and over restrictive burden on the press' right of free speech," Kohberger's lawyers said, "Mr. Kohberger is entitled to defend himself against capital criminal charges without cameras focused on his fly."
A media coalition which includes ABC News opposed that request, arguing the defense's cited examples from media and social media "do not support his position," and that "a broader review of media coalition stories" showed that media coalition participants and other long-time media outlets had in fact heeded the court's directions on how, and what, to film.
The judge has not yet weighed in on the matter.
A hearing is scheduled in the afternoon of Sept. 13 for arguments on removing cameras from court. As of now, cameras will be allowed for that.
Prosecutors allege that in the early morning hours of Nov. 13, 2022, Kohberger, a criminology Ph.D. student at nearby Washington State University, broke into an off-campus home and stabbed to death four University of Idaho students: Ethan Chapin, 20; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21.
After a six-week hunt, police zeroed in on Kohberger as a suspect, saying they tracked his white Hyundai Elantra and cell phone signal data and recovered what authorities said was his DNA on a knife sheath found next to one of the victims' bodies.
Kohberger was indicted in May and charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary. At his arraignment, he declined to offer a plea, so the judge entered a not-guilty plea on his behalf. If convicted, Kohberger could face the death penalty.
Though the trial was initially set for Oct. 2, on Wednesday, Kohberger recentlyto a speedy trial, postponing the trial indefinitely.
