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A top legal expert and retired Navy JAG threw cold water on claims that Erika Kirk’s "grace" and "forgiveness" of Charlie Kirk murder suspect Tyler Robinson is a boon for the defense in its likely quest to avoid a death penalty case.

Cully Stimson, deputy director of the Heritage Foundation’s Edwin Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies and former George W. Bush administration Pentagon official, said observers should not conflate Erika Kirk’s "grace as a religious person" with erosion of legal accountability.

"Because she had the strength of character and the willingness to forgive as a Christian does not automatically have any bearing on whether the state can and should pursue the ultimate punishment — and whethe

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