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Tyler Robinson is in custody on an aggravated murder charge in connection with the assassination of Charlie Kirk

If Robinson, 22, is formally charged and then convicted of aggravated murder, he could be sentenced to death in the state of Utah

Death row inmates in Utah are executed by lethal injection unless the necessary drugs are unavailable, at which time they are put to death by a firing squad

The man accused of killing right-wing activist Charlie Kirk will likely be facing the death penalty when he goes on trial.

Tyler Robinson, 22, is being held on suspicion of three charges : aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury and obstruction of justice.

Those charges all stem from the fatal shooting of Kirk, 31, at Utah Valley Unive

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