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Lawyers for convicted Idaho student murderer Bryan Kohberger have asked a judge to excuse the 30-year-old former criminology Ph.D. student from having to pay roughly $27,000 to two of the four victims' families, arguing that they've already received more than enough through donations from people around the country via GoFundMe.

Kohberger agreed to pay more than $250,000 in criminal fines and fees plus another $20,000 in civil judgments per family to the parents of Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, as part of his plea deal.

His lawyers argue he shouldn't have to pay another roughly $20,000 to Goncalves' parents or nearly $7,000 more to Mogen's mother, Karen Laramie, in travel

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