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一名法官周二裁定，查理·柯克的 alleged killer将因2025年9月10日在犹他谷大学众目睽睽下枪杀这名右翼政治活动家一案，以加重谋杀罪受审。
托尼·格拉夫法官作出了支持检方的裁决，检方称他们有足够证据指控23岁的泰勒·鲁滨逊，使其面临加重谋杀罪的审判，该罪名最高可判处死刑、终身不得假释，或25年以上终身监禁且可假释。
在犹他州普罗沃的法庭于周二早些时候休庭前，格拉夫表示他需要时间梳理自己在鲁滨逊预审结案陈词期间记录的24页笔记。
检方在今年7月为期五天的听证会上提交了大部分针对鲁滨逊的证据。加重谋杀罪指控的一个考量因素是，有合理理由相信被告在杀害柯克的过程中故意危及他人。犹他州检方称，鲁滨逊因柯克的政治信仰而 targeting他，且明知在场有儿童，他们将目睹枪击事件。
法官表示，他的裁决基于“柯克演讲所在帐篷区域内外多名人士的明确证词”以及其他因素。
“这些情况可以合理推断，被告开枪时明知有其他人就在柯克先生附近，”格拉夫说道。
预审结束后不久，柯克的遗孀埃丽卡·柯克就提交了法庭文件，请求格拉夫在9月1日前作出裁决。
“今天的判决距离查理离我们而去已近一年，这是我们家人为他寻求正义进程中的重要一步，”柯克的家人周二在一份电子邮件声明中说道。“这一过程中的每一步，都承载着查理的谋杀从他的家人，尤其是那些将在没有父亲的环境中长大的孩子身上夺走的一切重量。我们感谢所有在这一年难以想象的悲痛中持续为我们祈祷、支持我们、与我们站在一起的人。”
“随着司法程序下一阶段的开启，我们一家人仍将团结一致，深爱着查理，致力于寻求正义，并祈祷整个过程透明且及时，”声明中写道。
周二，检方表示，鲁滨逊“因与查理·柯克政见不合而开枪将其杀害，他向数千人的人群发射了一支高威力步枪”。他们补充称，针对鲁滨逊的证据“堆积如山”，且“压倒性充分”。
辩方的结案陈词主要围绕检方可据此对鲁滨逊寻求死刑判决的罪名加重情节展开。辩方律师辩称，死刑案件所需的加重情节——即明知他人生命面临巨大风险——尚未得到证实，因为枪手瞄准清晰，且仅向人群开了一枪。
为反驳这一论点，检方表示：“你不可能向3000人的人群发射步枪，却不知道自己会造成重大死亡风险。”
鲁滨逊对庭审中的辩论没有明显反应。他的母亲安伯·鲁滨逊在法庭旁听席上观看，父亲马特·鲁滨逊则低着头聆听。
柯克的父母罗伯特和凯瑟琳·柯克在普罗沃第四司法区法院听证会开始前，手挽手进入了戒备森严的法庭大楼。埃丽卡·柯克坐在他们身旁。在检方描述枪击事件的部分论证环节，这家人中途离场。
据犹他县检察官办公室消息，鲁滨逊还被控妨碍司法公正，最高可判处15年监禁，以及重罪 discharge枪支造成严重身体伤害，最高可判处5年至终身监禁。格拉夫下令鲁滨逊就全部七项罪名接受审判。
鲁滨逊尚未对这些指控作出抗辩。
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Charlie Kirk’s accused killer will stand trial for aggravated murder, Utah judge rules
September 1, 2026 / 8:34 PM EDT / CBS/AP
Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer will stand trial for aggravated murder in the Sept. 10, 2025, shooting of the right-wing political activist in front of a crowd at Utah Valley University, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Judge Tony Graf decided in favor of prosecutors who say they have enough evidence against Tyler Robinson to put the 23-year-old on trial on a charge of aggravated murder, which could see him face the death penalty, life in prison without parole, or 25 years to life in prison with parole.
Before the court in Provo, Utah, went to recess earlier Tuesday, Graf said he needed time to go over the 24 pages of notes he took during the closing arguments of Robinson’s preliminary hearing.
Prosecutors presented much of the evidence against Robinson during a five-day hearing back in July. A factor for the aggravated murder charge is a reasonable belief that the defendant knowingly endangered others in Kirk’s death. The state of Utah argued Robinson targeted Kirk because of his political beliefs, and knowing that children were present and would witness the shooting.
The judge said his decision was based on “the documented position of several individuals in and around the canopy area” where Kirk was speaking, among other factors.
“These circumstances support a reasonable inference that defendant was aware that other individuals were positioned near Mr. Kirk when he fired,” Graf said.
Shortly after the preliminary hearing ended, Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, had submitted a court filing asking Graf to make a determination by Sept. 1.
“Today’s decision, which comes nearly a year since Charlie was taken from us, marks an important step in our family’s pursuit of justice for him,” Kirk’s family said Tuesday in an emailed statement. “Every step in this process carries the weight of all that Charlie’s murder has taken from his family, especially his children who will grow up without their father. We are grateful to all who have continued to pray for us, support us, and stand with us through a year of unimaginable grief.”
“As the next phase of the judicial process begins, our family remains united in our love for Charlie, our commitment to the pursuit of justice, and our prayer for a transparent and timely process,” the statement said.
On Tuesday, prosecutors said Robinson “shot and killed Charlie Kirk because he disagreed with him and he did it by firing a high-powered rifle into a crowd of thousands.” They added that there is a “mountain of evidence” against Robinson, and it is “overwhelming.”
The defense’s closing arguments mainly focused on the enhancements to the charges that would allow the prosecution to seek the death penalty against Robinson. The attorneys argued that the aggravating factor needed for a capital case — in which others’ lives were knowingly put at great risk — hasn’t been proven, because the shooter had a clear shot and only fired once, over the crowd.
To counter that argument, prosecutors said: “You can’t shoot a rifle into a crowd of 3,000 people and not know that you are posing a significant risk of death.”
Robinson had no visible reaction to the arguments. His mother, Amber Robinson, watched from the courtroom gallery and his father, Matt Robinson, listened with his head bowed.
Kirk’s parents, Robert and Kathryn Kirk, entered the heavily secured facility arm in arm before the hearing at the Fourth Judicial District Courthouse in Provo. Erika Kirk was seated beside them. The family stepped out during part of a prosecutor’s argument that described the shooting.
Robinson is also accused of obstruction of justice, which carries a penalty of up to 15 years in jail, and felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury, which carries a penalty of five years to life in prison, according to the Utah County Attorney’s Office. Graf ordered Robinson to stand trial on all seven counts.
Robinson has not yet entered pleas to those charges.
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