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Trial begins

“For the first time, widow Erika Kirk and the 23-year-old Utah man charged with shooting and killing her husband sat in the same courtroom Monday.

Wearing black and listening intently, Kirk dabbed her eyes with a tissue at the start of a weeklong hearing in Provo, nearly 10 months after conservative political activist and podcaster Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during a speaking event at Utah Valley University in Orem. She has succeeded him as CEO of the organization he led, Turning Point USA.

Tyler Robinson, who faces the potential of a death sentence if he’s convicted of aggravated murder, sat expressionless in a gray suit. Prosecutors on Monday began laying their foundation for why he should stand trial, parsing evidence in painstaking detail and questioning two law enforcement officers about early steps in the investigation.

Their objective at this early stage in the case is not to prove Robinson is guilty, but rather to show there’s probable cause — a reasonable basis — to believe he carried out the crimes. A judge is set to decide whether they’ve met that threshold after the weeklong hearing concludes. That finding would send the case to a full trial.”

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“1st day of weeklong hearing begins in Charlie Kirk killing, with widow Erika Kirk in attendance”

Annie Knox

Utah News Dispatch

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