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Utah County prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Tyler James Robinson, who is charged with aggravated murder for killing activist Charlie Kirk.

Utah law permits the death penalty only for aggravated murder, with lethal injection as the preferred method.

PROVO — Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty in the case against the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk .

Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray called the murder of Kirk "an American tragedy" on Tuesday, in a press conference announcing aggravated murder and other charges against 22-year-old Tyler James Robinson .

In Utah, aggravated murder is the only crime subject to the death penalty. The law contains a list of circumstances under which prosecutors could charge a person with that

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