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Accused Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson will still face the death penalty \u2014 despite a judge on Friday ruling that prosecutors violated a gag order and threw the case into chaos.<\/p>\n

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Utah Judge Tony Graf found prosecutor Christopher Ballard in civil contempt for chatting to media outlets about Robinson\u2019s case \u2014 but refused to take the death penalty off the table, as the defense requested.<\/p>\n

Robinson\u2019s team claimed that prosecutors needed to be sanctioned after they responded to a misleading defense filing suggesting the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives determined the bullet in the gun Robinson allegedly used to shoot the conservative podcaster didn\u2019t match the round found in Kirk\u2019s body.<\/p>\n

Those court papers by Robinson\u2019s lawyers sparked online conspiracy theories<\/u> about how the conservative activist died.<\/p>\n

Graf acknowledged that Robinson\u2019s lawyers \u201cinitiated the media frenzy\u201d that led Ballard to feel he needed to correct the inaccurate reports suggesting the ATF findings exonerated Robinson.<\/p>\n

But the judge said while Ballard\u2019s comments on the bullet evidence didn\u2019t cross a line, he did flout the gag when he told certain outlets that his office had enough evidence to convict Robinson.<\/p>\n

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Still, Robinson\u2019s lawyers seeking to remove capital punishment for the infraction was \u201cdisproportional\u201d to Ballard\u2019s conduct and \u201clegally prohibited,\u201d Graf said.<\/p>\n

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Instead, the judge ordered the prosecution to pay Robinson\u2019s attorneys fees that were racked up fighting the contempt motion.<\/p>\n

Graf also said he would take additional precautions when selecting a jury to ensure Ballard\u2019s comments wouldn\u2019t lead to biased jurors or an unfair trial.<\/p>\n

He said they would bring in even more prospective jurors and add more pre-screening questions both on a written form and for the in court questioning of the potential panelists.<\/p>\n

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