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Death Penalty Remains in Tyler Robinson Case

A Utah judge has denied Tyler Robinson’s request to bar the death penalty, ruling it wouldn’t be disproportionate despite alleged misconduct, and ordered expanded jury selection to ensure a fair trial. The case, centered on the September 2025 assassination of Charlie Kirk during a Turning Point USA event, is now locked in a legal tug-of-war: prosecutors say they merely corrected misleading defense claims about ballistics, while the defense insists those statements broke a gag order. Though the ATF couldn’t definitively link the bullet to a specific rifle, the caliber matched, and a spent…

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