Charlie Kirk killing suspect awaits trial decision from judge
Prosecutors have said they plan to seek the death penalty. As Tyler Robinson waits to hear whether he'll stand trial on capital murder charges stemming from the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, prosecutors told the presiding judge his decision to move the case to trial is "straightforward." "This isn't a close case," prosecutors said in a written argument to Judge Tony Graf. The Utah County Attorney's Office, which is prosecuting the high-profile case, filed its written argument in the 4th District Court in Provo, saying prosecutors have shown that there is enough probable cause to warrant a trial. "This is likely as straightforward a bind-over decision as this Court will ever see," prosecutors said in their written argument filed with the court on Tuesday and reviewed by ABC News. The written argument from the prosecution came weeks before a Sept.
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1 dead — Kirk was fired from The 23-year-old Robinson is charged with aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury, obstruction of justice, two counts of witness tampering and commission of a violent offense in the presence of a child.