Erika Kirk, the widow of slain conservative podcaster and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, filed a motion asking a Utah court to speed up the proceedings against his suspected assassin and suggested her constitutional rights could be violated otherwise.
In a court filing on Jan. 16, Kirk’s attorney wrote that Kirk is invoking her rights as a victim to a speedy trial under Utah law, which accords with the speedy trial guarantee in the Sixth Amendment.
“The Utah Code affords victims of a crime ‘the right to a speedy disposition of the charges free from unwarranted delay caused by or at the behest of the defendant,’” attorney Jeffrey Neiman wrote in a court filing….
Erika Kirk Demands Speedy Trial, Alleges That the Suspect Is Delaying the Case
