Posted on 08/13/2026 5:07:12 AM PDT by DFG
Tyler Robinson wants to dodge the death penalty because his bullet only “hit the intended target” when it killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk, his lawyers wildly argued in new court documents.
Robinson’s attorneys claimed that no other person was in danger during Kirk’s Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University last year — an aggravating factor that would make it a capital crime.
“The only evidence presented supports that the bullet traveled above, not through, the crowd,” defense attorneys wrote in documents late Tuesday to stop the case from proceeding to trial.
Prosecutors maintained that Robinson loaded his rifle with four bullets, suggesting that he knew he could miss Kirk and “thereby putting others in danger,” according to documents filed last month.
The defense, however, argued that “it is just as likely that the shooter did not believe he would miss.”
Whether Robinson put the crowd of spectators at the Turning Point USA event remains a key element needed to charge him with aggravated murder.
Prosecutors have to provide evidence of the so-called “aggravating factor” for Kirk’s death to be considered a capital crime in Utah, where the death penalty exists.
Robinson’s lawyers claim prosecutors have yet to provide any evidence that Robinson knew that his actions would create a “great risk of death” to anyone other than Kirk.
Robinson also faces possible sentence enhancements if prosecutors can prove he targeted Kirk over his political views.
The prosecution alleges that Robinson told his trans roommate, Lance Twiggs, that he killed Kirk because he “had enough of his hatred.”
The prosecutors contend that Kirk’s strong opposition to same-sex marriage and gender transitioning stood in contrast to Robinson, who was in a relationship with Twiggs.
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This pre-meditated murderer isn’t dead?
Enough! Find this murderous psychopath guilty, kill him by firing squad, and move on.
Can you claim you’re not guilty of killing someone and simultaneously claim that the bullet used only killed the persons you were intending to kill?
Is this an insanity plea?
Man, this is attempted chutzpah to the max.
Hang him. Hang him high!
I give 60% chance that Tyler Robinson will slide on getting the death penalty for murder. 100% that will never be executed. The idiots in Utah or at least this Utah county, are giving the prosecution + defense lawyers 10 million dollars tax payers money to play out their ego-tripping drama. How much have the shrinks billed for checking out Tyler?
If Tyler got plugged on the spot (justified somehow) would have saved Utah millions
I read the article on that at another source. A bunch of attorneys need to hang right after Tyler Robinson is executed. This stuff has to stop, and I mean stop.
Americans need to demand a new branch of the judiciary be created made up of bounty hunters who will get them “due process” when they have loved ones assaulted, raped, robbed and murdered by criminals released by the skanky judgettes, dingy juries, Keystone cops and “Night Court” wacky courts. Once perps are released back to the streets, victims families should be allowed to hire bounty hunters to physically take the perps out as needed.
Is lying in wait an aggravating factor?
Defense attorney desperation
Tyler’s only safe space is solitary confinement
Dead judges can’t let criminals go
it doesn’t matter, he will just sit on death row for 20+ years until eventually some liberal governor commutes his death sentence to life in prison.
‘In a relationship” today merely means ‘Having frequent sex”. He was a warped little homosexual pervert, doing warped little homosexual pervert stuff with his warped little pervert homosexual friend while wearing animal costumes. That’s quite a ‘relationship’.
For anyone who wants an honest and legal explanation of what actually is happening in this pre-trial brief, attorney Baron Coleman lays it all out in his podcast yesterday. Utah law doesn’t allow Robinson’s judge to consider anything other than the prosecution’s side at this time as this is equivalent to a grand jury. Hence you can indict a ham sandwich sentiment. Defense is simply setting up appeal points in case they actually lose in an eventual trial which has lots of reasonable doubt at this time if you bother to actually look at the evidence.
What is the evidence that you believe creates a reasonable doubt?
This episode will be slower than O.J.’s “escape”.
Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens said Israel killed Charlie Kirk. This trial must be a farce. /s
Huh, the defense basically admitted he killed Kirk. I wonder what Candice Owens will say about that?
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