2026年8月13日 晚上8:21 UTC / 路透社
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2026年8月13日 晚上8:21 UTC 更新于3小时前
2026年6月12日，美国犹他州普罗沃第四地区法院听证会上，被控杀害保守派活动人士查理·柯克的泰勒·罗宾逊出席听证会。弗朗西斯科·乔尔塞特/泳池路透社/档案照片
8月13日 路透社电 — 辩方律师本周表示，因谋杀保守派活动人士查理·柯克受审的犹他州男子不应被判处死刑，理由是他击中了“预定目标”，并未危及其他任何人。
23岁的泰勒·罗宾逊的律师在9月1日听证会之前的一份法庭文件中提出了反对死刑的论点。届时法官将裁定是否有足够证据对这位前学徒电工进行审判。
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检方正在寻求对罗宾逊判处死刑，指控他在犹他州一所大学数千人面前开枪射杀柯克时，明知故犯地给他人造成了死亡风险。
这起案件备受关注，考验犹他州将如何处理针对总统唐纳德·特朗普亲密盟友的疑似政治谋杀案。
柯克于2025年9月10日在奥勒姆的犹他谷大学遇害，当时他正在举办标志性的校园辩论活动，邀请学生就平权法案、移民等议题“反驳我的观点”。
在本周提交的一份法律文件中，罗宾逊的律师辩称，杀害柯克的那一枪并未造成该州法律规定的、作为判处死刑加重情节所需的“高度死亡可能性”。
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“检方尚未也无法确立合理依据，以支持这一加重情节：从屋顶制高点用带有瞄准镜的高威力步枪射出的单发子弹击中预定目标后，明知故犯地给其他个人造成了‘高度死亡可能性’，”辩方律师写道。
检方则辩称，罗宾逊从人群上方的“狙击平台”开枪射击其祖父的步枪，并且装填了四发子弹以防第一枪脱靶，因此明知故犯地将他人置于死亡风险之中。
罗宾逊尚未就本案提出抗辩。
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Defense in Charlie Kirk case argues shooter should not face death penalty
2026-08-13 8:21 PM UTC / Reuters
By Andrew Hay
August 13, 2026 8:21 PM UTC Updated 3 hours ago
Tyler Robinson, accused in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, attends a hearing at the 4th District Court in Provo, Utah, U.S., June 12, 2026. Francisco Kjolseth/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Aug 13 (Reuters) – The Utah man on trial for the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk should not face the death penalty because he hit his “intended target” and did not endanger anyone else, defense lawyers said this week.
Attorneys for Tyler Robinson, 23, laid out their argument against the death penalty in a court filing ahead of a September 1 hearing in which a judge may decide if there is sufficient evidence to warrant a trial of the former apprentice electrician.
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Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Robinson, alleging he knowingly created a risk of death to others when he shot Kirk in front of thousands of people at a Utah university.
The case is a closely watched test of how Utah treats the alleged political killing of a close ally of President Donald Trump.
Kirk was killed on September 10, 2025, at Utah Valley University, Orem, during one of his trademark campus debates where he challenged students to “prove me wrong” on issues ranging from affirmative action to immigration.
In a legal filing this week, Robinson’s lawyers argued that the single shot that killed Kirk did not create the “high probability” of death to others required under state law as an aggravating factor warranting the death penalty.
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“The state has not established and cannot establish probable cause to support the aggravator that the shooting knowingly created a ‘high probability’ of death to another individual from the single shot from a high-powered, scoped rifle from a rooftop vantage that hit the intended target,” defense lawyers wrote.
Prosecutors argue Robinson knowingly put others at risk of death by firing his grandfather’s rifle from a “sniper pad” above the crowd, and loaded four rounds in case he missed on the first shot.
Robinson has yet to enter a plea in the case.
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Reporting by Andrew Hay in New Mexico; Editing by Cynthia Osterman
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