Attorneys for the man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death have nodded to autism spectrum disorder in asking the court to ensure the 30-year-old wouldn’t get the death penalty if convicted,

Idaho prosecutors say a man charged in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students shouldn’t be allowed to offer an alibi defense unless he takes the stand himself during the murder trial later this year.

Defense lawyers for the man accused of stabbing four Idaho college students to death in 2022 filed new motions this week suggesting they want to "strike" the death penalty as punishment in his trial in a request linked to "autism spectrum disorder.

The defense team for accused Idaho University killer Bryan Kohberger may be seeking to remove the death penalty by arguing that he may be on the autism spectrum. Specific details in the motion remained unavailable Wednesday.

Ahead of the trial in the University of Idaho murders case, Bryan Kohberger’s defense team has filed motion to remove the death penalty and may be preparing to argue the accused killer has autism. NBC’s Laura Jarrett reports for TODAY.

The defense team for a man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022 might ask a judge to take the death penalty off the table because of autism, court records show.