Utah defense seeks to bar death penalty after prosecutor's public ballistics comments

Defense lawyers for Tyler Robinson asked a Utah judge to remove the death penalty from consideration if prosecutors are found in contempt for speaking to media about a bullet fragment found at autopsy in the Charlie Kirk murder case; prosecutors say the remarks clarified public information and did not violate a pretrial publicity order. The judge is expected to rule on contempt and other preliminary-hearing issues by June 22, with Robinson not yet having entered pleas.