Erika Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk, said Sunday that she forgives the man accused of killing her husband.

“On the cross, our savior said, ‘Father, forgive them. For they not know what they do.’ That man. That young man. I forgive him,” Erika Kirk said at her husband’s memorial, with her voice softening and tears streaming down her face.

Tyler Robinson, 22, has been charged with first-degree aggravated murder in the Sept. 10 fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk. Utah County Attorney General Jeff Gray said at a Tuesday press conference that the state will seek the death penalty for Robinson.

Erika Kirk, though, told The New York Times that she wants Robinson’s punishment to be determined by the legal system — not her wishes.

“I’ve had so many people ask, ‘Do you feel anger toward this man?

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