SALT LAKE CITY — Utah County is close to hiring a defense attorney to represent the man accused of shooting and killing Charlie Kirk at UVU, and according to legal experts, the price tag will cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands at minimum.

KSL Legal Analyst Greg Skordas is helping Utah County select the legal representation for the alleged shooter, Tyler James Robinson, 22. The reason for such a high cost, Skordas said, is because prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in Robinson’s case.

Finding the defense attorney to represent him begins with finding counsel qualified to handle the death penalty, according to Skordas. That automatically limits the pool of potential lawyers who could do it, and forces the county to search for attorneys outside its boundaries.

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