Utah prosecutors will charge the suspect with aggravated murder and five other felony crimes in Charlie Kirk and will seek death penalty.
Utah County Attorney Jeffrey S. Gray announced charges at a press conference Tuesday Taylor Robinson’s The interrogation was later that day.
Mr. Gray said: “I will not make this decision easily, it is my decision as a county attorney independently.
The 22-year-old is expected to appear remotely at 5 p.m. ET. He has been released without bail since his arrest on Thursday.
Utah is one of the 27 states that use the death penalty, but only two people have been executed there since 2010.
It is also one of five states, including the shooting squad as an execution method, although it only serves as a backup of lethal injections.
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Utah prosecutors have collected DNA and other physical evidence, and they say stay in touch with Mr. Robinson Shoot. They also said he admitted to the crime in an online chat group.
gentlemen. Robinson’s The family said he had been instilled with left-wing ideology and became increasingly politicized.
In other charges against Mr Robinson There are two related to witness tampering. Prosecutors said he told his roommate, his trans, who was also his boyfriend, that destroyed the criminal’s information and avoided talking to authorities.
