Posted on 10/26/2025 12:51:54 PM PDT by Red Badger
The defense team for Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old accused of assassinating conservative icon Charlie Kirk, has filed a motion requesting that he appear in civilian clothing without restraints during court proceedings and that cameras be banned from the courtroom. Robinson is charged with aggravated murder and other felonies for the September 10 shooting death of Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, during a speech at Utah Valley University.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty, citing the presence of children at the event and the political nature of the crime.
In a 20-page filing submitted on Wednesday, defense attorneys, including Kathy Nester, argued that allowing Robinson to wear a jail jumpsuit or be shackled would prejudice potential jurors, violating his right to a presumption of innocence.
The legal team cited a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Deck v. Missouri, which limits visible restraints unless justified by specific security needs.
The motion also calls for a complete ban on cameras, photography, and video in the courtroom, pointing to a “content tornado” of media coverage of the case.
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‘requesting that he appear in civilian clothing without restraints’
Kohberger did this.
They allowed cameras for the knife killer, so no basis to ask to change that
I thought he had admitted to shooting Charlie Kirk. Can he really be presumed innocent in that case? Isn’t the trial just to decide the sentence?
Put the bastard in an orange jumpsuit and weld the zipper shut.
Superglue....................
“”violating his right to a presumption of innocence””
Right after we talk about Charlie Kirk’s RIGHTS!!!
How about holding a trial out in the middle of a field and putting shooters on top of buildings for proficiency? Fair enough?
He can ask but....
“”Kohberger did this.””
That defense tactic is probably older than Charlie Kirk’s killer’s attorney!!
The trial should be over. Our justice system is a corrupt joke.
I wasn’t sure, that was the first time I saw it used by Kohberger.
> I thought he had admitted to shooting Charlie Kirk. <
He did, to his roommate. That’s evidence, but it’s not a formal guilty plea. So unless his lawyer gets him some sort of plea deal, there’ll have to be a trial.
Nut case. He and his roommate should have been institutionalized a couple years ago. I know from which I speak. We parents keep hoping our mentally ill kids will straighten out but they don’t. At least my mentally ill child didn’t kill anyone. But he was scary as hell to be around. And I couldn’t get any help from anywhere.
They’re worried about cameras and the murderers attire?
I bet the prosecutors, defense attorneys and the judge all want the cameras for face time and fame...It’s a spring board to their next lofty government positions. What a disgusting spectacle.
The trial should be over. Our justice system is a corrupt joke.
Some judges consider electronic media to be "disruptive". Others consider such media to encourage undue performance on the part of the lawyers. I don't see either of these arguments mentioned in the article.
I think some jurisdictions require a not guilty plea in a capital case.
Not no but fuk no.
He should be allowed to wear whatever he wants...at his execution.
Like any of that’s gonna’ help him?
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