The alleged assassin of conservative activist Charlie Kirk desperately wants his potential execution blocked, claiming prosecutors cannot prove the September 2025 shooting endangered anyone else. Tyler Robinson, the 23-year-old accused of fatally shooting the 31-year-old pundit during a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University, formally requested that the death penalty be removed in a 41-page legal brief filed on Tuesday.
The news came after a weeklong preliminary hearing in July, where the state allegedly failed to demonstrate that the sniper-style attack created a widespread threat to the surrounding crowd. Robinson, a Utah native who has yet to enter a formal plea to the aggravated murder charge, faces the ultimate punishment only if the state can establish this highly specific aggravating factor.
