President Donald Trump's public call for the execution of Charlie Kirk's accused killer moved decisively closer to reality this week, as a Utah judge refused to block capital punishment and a legal expert branded the prosecution's case a 'proverbial slam dunk'.
Paul Cassell, a former federal judge and University of Utah law professor, said the threshold prosecutors must clear at this stage is minimal. 'This seems like the proverbial slam dunk at this stage of the case, where the only issue is whether there is a sound basis for moving forward with a trial on the merits,' Cassell said.
