Tyler Robinson should face the death penalty if convicted of assassinating Charlie Kirk

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Bound over on all seven counts on 1 September, the 23-year-old pleaded not guilty and faces a capital sentencing enhancement after Judge Tony Graf found probable cause that Kirk was targeted for his political expression. Graf has also refused to bar cameras, moving them behind the defendant.