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Lawyers for man accused of killing Charlie Kirk try to block prosecutors from seeking death penalty
Attorneys for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk asked a judge Friday to block prosecutors from seeking the death penalty as punishment for comments they made in the media about a bullet fragment recovered from Kirk's body.
What happened
According to PBS News’s source item, Lawyers for man accused of killing Charlie Kirk try to block prosecutors from seeking death penalty, Attorneys for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk asked a judge Friday to block prosecutors from seeking the death penalty as punishment for comments they made in the media about a bullet fragment recovered from Kirk’s body.
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- Lawyers for man accused of killing Charlie Kirk try to block prosecutors from seeking death penaltyPBS News - 2026-06-12T21:54:54+00:00
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