Judge keeps death penalty on the table in Tyler Robinson murder case
A Utah judge found one of the prosecutors in the Charlie Kirk murder case in contempt on Friday for violating a gag order by making comments to the media about the forthcoming murder trial of Tyler Robinson, but he declined to remove the possibility of the death penalty for Robinson.
TL;DR
- A Utah judge held Deputy Utah County Attorney Christopher Ballard in contempt for violating a gag order.
- Ballard made public comments to the media about the murder trial of Tyler Robinson.
- The judge ruled that Ballard's statements exceeded the scope of permitted comments regarding an ATF report.
- The judge declined to remove the death penalty as a possible punishment for Robinson.
- Robinson's lawyers had requested the death penalty be removed in response to Ballard's comments.