This is the Hidden Killers podcast with Tony Bruske and continuing coverage of the case against Brian Koberger.

From the very beginning, this case felt too big for the courtroom that it landed in, a quadruple homicide that shook a college down to its core, a suspect with a background in criminology, and a trial that drew the eyes of the nation. Yet somehow, it all

came down to a plea deal in a jurisdiction with minimal experience prosecuting murder, let alone

anything of this scale. It's the kind of disconnect that leaves you wondering whether justice got

delivered or if we just fumbled our way towards the most

palatable resolution available. Today we're digging into the cracks and contradictions with someone

who's walked both sides of the courtroom. Former prosecutor and current defense attorney,

Eric Fattis, Eric knows the mechanics of how a case like this should move through the system, and more

importantly, what it looks like when things start veering off course.

Together, we're breaking down whether the Coburger plea deal was truly the right call

or just the safest one.

We'll talk about how procedural inexperience and prosecutorial inexperience may have played a role in shaping this deal.

What risks a trial might have posed for both sides?

And whether a conviction was ever a sure thing.

Because let's be real.

All it would have taken was one rogue juror.

Someone with a personal agenda or a bone to pick with the system. And

Koberger could have walked. That's not hypothetical. That's happened. And when you're dealing

with a case, this emotionally volatile, that risk is very real. But it's not just the legal

angles we're dissecting. Eric and I also dig into the strange theater of Koberger's courtroom behavior,

his awkward robotic attempt to seize the moment like he was auditioning for infamy.

We break down the psychological game he may still be playing,

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