Judge Steven Hippler ruled Wednesday that Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students, can face the death penalty.

Bryan Kohberger, who was charged with four counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Kaylee Gonclaves, Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle, may face the death penalty if found guilty.

But Hippler found Kohberger’s defense had failed in providing an alternative method of execution in Idaho to death by lethal injection or firing squad that is not “unduly painful,” Hippler said in his order Tuesday. “Defendant must come forward ...