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Charlie Kirk murder trial set for June 2028
Tyler Robinson will stand trial in June 2028 for the September 2025 killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah college campus.
In brief
Tyler Robinson will stand trial in June 2028 for the September 2025 killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah college campus. Tyler Robinson's trial for the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk is scheduled to begin June twenty-first, twenty twenty-eight, nearly three years after the killing…
Trial date set for June 2028
Utah County judge Tony Graf Jr ordered jury selection to begin on twenty-first June, twenty twenty-eight in the trial of Tyler Robinson, accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Robinson faces aggravated murder charge
Robinson, twenty-three, has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder and six other charges in connection with Kirk's death in September twenty twenty-five at a Utah college campus.
Prosecution and defence clash on timing
Prosecutors said they could be ready by October twenty twenty-seven but agreed to January twenty twenty-eight. Defence attorneys requested more time, floating a twenty twenty-nine start date.
Kirk family accepts court's schedule
Erika Kirk, widow of the thirty-one-year-old activist, pushed for an earlier trial and live-streaming. Her lawyer Jeffrey A Nieman told the judge the family had waited long enough already.
“The family has waited long enough already; they should not have to wait any longer for this.”
Prosecutors outline evidence against Robinson
Prosecutors presented DNA evidence allegedly tying Robinson to the murder weapon, confessions to loved ones, and a video statement from his roommate Lance Twiggs during a preliminary hearing in July.
“There is a mountain of evidence that proves that he is the shooter.”
In short
Tyler Robinson's trial for the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk is scheduled to begin June twenty-first, twenty twenty-eight, nearly three years after the killing.
