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Tiny flicker of emotion crosses Charlie Kirk suspect Tyler Robinson's face as death penalty is mentioned during court hearing
Daily Mail UK ^ | September 17, 2025 | Will Potter

Posted on 09/17/2025 11:43:41 AM PDT by Morgana

Online courtroom footage captured the moment Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin Tyler Robinson showed a flash of emotion as prosecutors officially filed to seek the death penalty.

Robinson, 22, looked at the floor and appeared dazed as he sat in court virtually from the Utah County Jail in Spanish Fork, Utah, on Tuesday.

'Is there any other business that we need to address today, counsel?' the judge asked.

The prosecutor responded: 'Just for the court's information, we did file just recently in the last few minutes the notice of intent to seek the death penalty.'

They added that the motion was filed by Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray, and notofied the judge that the document 'should now be on the court's file.'

A clip of Robinson reacting to the news that he could be put to death if convicted of Kirk's murder swept social media and received millions of views.

Many X users remarked on Robinson's distant demeanor, with one commenting: 'His soul has already left the building. Totally empty inside.'

Another said they could see Robinson take a 'big gulp' as he faced the music, and another said: 'No remorse, no regret, no emotions.'

At Robinson's first court hearing on Tuesday, prosecutors filed a protective order preventing him from contacting or attempting to harass Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk's wife.

He spoke only once, to confirm his identity and sat stoically as the judge read the seven counts he faces - including the capital murder charge that could see him executed by firing squad.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: charliekirk; usu; utahstate; utahstateprofessor; utahstateuniversity
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To: NorthMountain

“””He’s just not as smart or as well supported as he thinks he is.””””””””

Rule #1. Do NOT text people and say you did it.


21 posted on 09/17/2025 12:01:58 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Valpal1
People swallow 900-1000 times a day.

Hey! This is a family friendly site. Keep your Kamala stories in the Smokey back room.

22 posted on 09/17/2025 12:02:06 PM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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To: Alberta's Child

I recall that post the other day. Pretty certain it referred to Unabomber Ted Kaczynski’s brother David. However, I don’t recall a fed deal with David Kaczynski that would prevent the death penalty.


23 posted on 09/17/2025 12:02:17 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Start by admitting from cradle to tomb, it isn't that long a stay. Life is a cabaret! )
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To: Morgana

It never occurred to him that he would be punished because Nazi


24 posted on 09/17/2025 12:03:22 PM PDT by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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To: Morgana

FWIW, that odd raiment we see in the pictures is a “turtle suit” that persons who are in suicide watch are made to wear. It protects them both from self-harm and from attacks by other prisoners. He’ll be staying in it until he convinces a prison psychologist that he isn’t suicidal anymore.


25 posted on 09/17/2025 12:03:51 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: mikey_hates_everything

Gen Z stare is “My Zoloft hasn’t caught up yet”.


26 posted on 09/17/2025 12:05:54 PM PDT by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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To: shelterguy

He violated a lot of “rules” ... like not murdering innocent people.

He also got his face on surveillance cameras. He was doomed from the start.


27 posted on 09/17/2025 12:05:59 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: chief lee runamok; Morgana

> it probably expected adulation as a hero to the movement <

Interestingly enough, John Wilkes Booth thought the same thing when he shot Abraham Lincoln. Booth thought the entire South would rise and embrace him.

Of course it didn’t end up that way. The South was indifferent, and Booth died in a burning barn like a cornered rat.


28 posted on 09/17/2025 12:07:37 PM PDT by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: Morgana

Glee?


29 posted on 09/17/2025 12:08:06 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
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To: NorthMountain

“””He also got his face on surveillance cameras. He was doomed from the start.”””””””

This kid was supposed to be so smart. It was the sloppiest crime you could find. Does he not know there are cameras EVERYWHERE these days? He doesn’t know what gloves are? A mask???


30 posted on 09/17/2025 12:09:23 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Billthedrill

My guess is he did what everyone in his generation does and wish he could unlive himself, thinking it would get people to cave to his demands. That got him an Ativan and a straight jacket. He will eventually get “overwhelmed” and have a “meltdown” which gets his azz tased.


31 posted on 09/17/2025 12:10:39 PM PDT by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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To: Morgana

Well Satan will get him at some point in his hands and he will not be smiling...gnashing of teeth and screaming is what will befell him...


32 posted on 09/17/2025 12:11:11 PM PDT by dpetty121263
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To: Leaning Right
I was just telling my daughter stupid people isn't the exception.

Stupid people are born stupid and stay stupid.

33 posted on 09/17/2025 12:11:42 PM PDT by chief lee runamok ( Le Flâneur @Large)
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To: SkyDancer

Yup, realized he won’t be kissing his dog, or cat, or whatever his boyfriend is today.
You can’t make this stuff up!


34 posted on 09/17/2025 12:12:53 PM PDT by Fireone (1.Avoid crowds 2.Head on a swivel 3.Be prepared to protect & defend those around you 4.Avoid crowds)
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To: NautiNurse

It’s much harder to pull off in real life than in a video game.


35 posted on 09/17/2025 12:14:36 PM PDT by Dutch Boy (The only thing worse than having something taken from you is to have it returned broken. )
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To: fidelis
Utah currently has 4 people on death row. The shortest current time there is 29 years, with the longest currently 37 years. Most of us here will be dead ourselves before we see justice for Charlie and his family.

I know. And some people still can't understand why the justice system in this country has become corrupt unprincipled and untrustworthy. The same lifer lawyers who operate in the justice system are the same exact one's who infiltrated government then subverted and corrupted it in every direction.

And they force the taxpayers to pay the bill for all this endless bull s*** as they get wealthy.

36 posted on 09/17/2025 12:15:35 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Morgana

“notofied”, l think Will Potter needs to go back to school!


37 posted on 09/17/2025 12:16:48 PM PDT by jonsie
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To: shelterguy

There’s smart, and then there’s smart.

He may be high IQ, but that doesn’t make him “smart” in the sense of planning an action, thinking through the possibilities, and taking steps to ensure personal and operational security. That stuff takes experience, at least. I suspect his experience tends more toward playing games and committing buggery.


38 posted on 09/17/2025 12:17:35 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: GranTorino
Tim McVey was pretty quick.
That’s what happens when the feds want it.

Tim McVey stopped file appeals, first in December 2000, then reconfirmed that decision in June 2001.

He was executed June 11, 2001.

39 posted on 09/17/2025 12:18:56 PM PDT by Yossarian
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To: Leaning Right

The whole claim was absurd. “I know where the perp is but I won’t tell you unless you meet these conditions” is a recipe for a criminal charge as an accessory to the crime after the fact.


40 posted on 09/17/2025 12:19:39 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Although my eyes were open, they might just as well be closed.")
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