L: President Donald Trump speaks at the White House on April 2, 2025. R: U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on April 4, 2025.

Each death penalty case is autho­rized by the DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C., in con­sul­ta­tion with local U.S. Attorney offices, who prosecute the cases.

BOISE, Idaho — A judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors can pursue the death penalty against Bryan Kohberger if he is convicted of murdering four University of Idaho students in 2022, despite the ...