Death penalty sought for Kirk accused

Tyler Robinson, 22, was formally charged with Charlie Kirk's murder and faced a Utah court. Picture: Supplied/ AP/ AAP

PROVO: Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty for the suspect in conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination as they revealed alleged text messages in which he appeared to confess. “I had enough of his hatred,” Tyler Robinson, 22, told his roommate and romantic partner when asked why he had committed the murder, according to […]

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