Judge Greenlights Death Penalty Trial for Charlie Kirk’s Accused Killerhttps://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/09/01/judge-greenlit-death-penalty-trial-for-charlie-kirks-killer-n4956798A judge has approved an aggravated murder trial for Charlie Kirk’s accused killer, with the possibility of the death penalty.
Courtroom attendees at the proceedings so far against accused killer Tyler Robinson say there is clear video of Robinson shooting Charlie Kirk, adding to the evidence already amassed against him. And yet despite that video, despite all the text messages in which Robinson allegedly admitted to his LGBTQ partner that he had committed the crime, and despite the fact that Robinson’s own family convinced him to turn himself in after discussing the matter with him, Robinson has now pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him. Hopefully, if convicted, he gets the death penalty.
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All the evidence and witness testimony is against Robinson, so it would take a completely political and biased decision to cast all that aside in Robinson’s favor. This is not a murder trial with any reasonable doubt.
Judge Tony Graf made the decision to proceed with the aggravated murder trial, as noted above. “The state also alleges that the defendant intentionally selected Mr. Kirk because of Mr. Kirk's political expression under Utah Code 76-3-203.14,” Graf said in a clip which Nick Sortor posted on X.
I know there sometimes are preliminary proceedings between arraignment and criminal trial, but the scale of this puzzles me some. It's almost like it was a pre-trial trial. Is this commonly done, but not followed by the MSM? Maybe an ordinary proceeding protracted by Robinson and his lawyer to cause pain/stress to Erika Kirk? Or was this a unique aspect of Utah law?
