Tyler Robinson’s lawyers say he should not be eligible for death penalty as ‘intended target’ was hit at Utah event
Lawyers for the man charged with killing the conservative activist Charlie Kirk say he should not be eligible for the death penalty because the alleged shooter “hit the intended target” during the assassination last year at a Utah event attended by thousands of people.
Defendant Tyler Robinson’s attorneys say prosecutors have not proven that others who attended Kirk’s event at Utah Valley University on 10 September were endangered by the shooting – a potentially aggravating factor under state law that would make it a capital crime.
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