Attorneys for Tyler Robinson urge judge to block death penalty over prosecutor’s comments to media about ballistics evidence | CNN

Defense attorneys for Tyler Robinson are asking a judge to remove the death penalty from consideration if prosecutors are found in contempt.

The motion centers on comments a prosecutor made to media about ballistics evidence in the Charlie Kirk murder case.

A ruling on whether the prosecutor violated a pretrial publicity order is expected later this month.

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Attorneys for Tyler Robinson, the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk, asked a Utah district court judge to take the death penalty off the table over comments a prosecutor made to the media about a bullet fragment found during the autopsy.