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Attorneys for Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinatins Charlie Kirk, are seeking to delay his murder trial until 2029.
Robinson’s defense team have proposed starting the capital murder trial in the third quarter of 2029, nearly four years after his murder.
They claim they will need several years to prepare for the extraordinarily high-profile death penalty case.
Prosecutors, however, say they could be ready to proceed by October 2027 and have proposed January 31, 2028, as a trial date to avoid proceedings running through Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Kirk’s widow, Erika, is now urging the court to reject the defense request and bring the case to trial at the earliest possible opportunity.
“Under the Defendants’ proposed schedule, Mr. Kirk’s two children, who were one and three at the time he was murdered, will be six and eight years old by the time the trial concludes,” her attorney Jeffrey Neiman wrote.
“They will face the uncertainty of this criminal proceeding longer than they had their father in their lives.”
JUST IN: A truck believed to be carrying Tyler Robinson arrives at a Utah courthouse ahead of a high-stakes hearing over the timeline of his trial in the killing of Charlie Kirk.
The arrival comes after Robinson’s defense team requested a 2029 trial date, a proposed delay that… pic.twitter.com/bTA7jq1Vt5
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Kirk’s attorneys criticised the proposed delay as “grossly out of line.”
They cited Utah law providing crime victims with the right to a speedy disposition of criminal charges without unwarranted delays caused by defendants.
Robinson’s lawyers argue that the case will require extensive preparation, including reviewing tens of thousands of files, investigating potential mitigating evidence, conducting a study into whether the trial should be moved elsewhere and undertaking the complicated process of selecting an impartial jury.
They estimate the eventual trial could itself last between six and seven months.
Prosecutors expect proceedings to take approximately 17 weeks.
The 23-year-old has pleaded not guilty to seven charges, including aggravated murder, over the fatal shooting of Kirk during a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University in September last year.
A judge ruled last month that prosecutors had presented sufficient evidence for Robinson to stand trial on all charges and allowed them to continue seeking the death penalty.
Erika Kirk is asking Judge Tony Graf to schedule the trial no later than October 2027, arguing that further delays would unnecessarily prolong an already devastating ordeal for the bereaved family.
The court is expected to consider the competing timelines at a hearing Friday.
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