Reporters and the public will be allowed to attend a key hearing for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk, after a Utah judge on Monday denied a defence request to restrict access.
Tyler Robinson’s defence had asked Judge Tony Graf to close portions of the preliminary hearing on July 6–10, when prosecutors must show they have enough evidence to warrant a trial.
It will mark the most significant presentation of evidence to date in a case that has so far focused on matters of media access.
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Robinson’s lawyers have tried to guard against media coverage that they say sometimes misrepresents their client as his case has drawn tremendous public attention.
The 23-year-old from southwestern Utah is charged with aggravated murder in the September 10 assassination of Kirk on the Utah Valley University campus.
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Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty if Robinson is convicted. He has not yet entered a plea.