UVU students divided over the death penalty for the accused murderer of Charlie Kirk

Orem, Utah – While students from Utah Valley University returned to the campus after conservative influencer Charlie Kirk’s Assassination, those who spoke with Fox News Digital, were divided on whether Tyler Robinson should experience the death penalty.

Officer of Utah County Jeff Gray announced on Tuesday that the public prosecutors in Utah would do that Find the death penalty Against Robinson on several charges, including worsened murder, crime dismissal of a firearm, obstruction of justice, witness tampering and committing a violent crime in the presence of a child.

“I think it is perfectly necessary,” said Ryder Warner, a UVU student who entered the courtyard when Kirk was shot down last Wednesday, said about a potential death penalty to Robinson.

Warner told Fox News Digital that, as a Christian, he did not believe in taking the life of another person, but “with this situation where someone was used to share an opinion and lost his life because of their opinion, I think the person who took their lives should also be killed.”

“I think that is only honest,” he said.

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Kirk was shot and murdered while he spoke with UVU students last Wednesday 10 September. After a 33-hour manjacht, Robinson was arrested for alleged kirk kirk. Gray outlined the formal charges against Robinson during a press conference on Tuesday, followed by the first court of the suspect.

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Afton Miller, a junior at UVU who said she was 5 to 10 feet away from Kirk when he was shot, Robinson told the death penalty “hurts a little.”

“I’m pro-life,” said Miller. “I believe that someone deserves to live, but in moments like this it is very difficult that their families also lose their son. It is just as painful to lose someone.”

She said it was “extremely traumatic” to witness the murder of one of her “greatest heroes” at her university campus.

UVU student Jessie Ball, who was also on campus when Kirk was killedLast week’s tragedy said her to use her voice and speak like Kirk did.

“It’s hard to look at, and if people who probably have probably not seen the signs coming, it must be heartbreaking,” Ball said. “I know my family and I will pray that they feel God’s love and peace through it, but his actions have consequences, and they have a lasting impact, and if that is what the state agreed …”

James Whitney, another UVU student, told Fox News Digital that “they found the gun in my parents’ backyard.” According to Robinson’s loading documents, researchers found a “bolt-action rifle wrapped in a towel” in a wooded area on the northeast of the campus, but the authorities did not confirm the exact location.

Whitney said it was “scary” who returned to the campus. He said he usually tries to stay out of politics because political violence is ‘normalized’.

“I don’t agree with what happened here,” said Whitney. “I don’t think a person ever deserves to have that kind of hatred removed in their lives, also for their children. By the death penalty I mean, many people here are religious. What would Jesus do?” Asked Whitney.

And while Whitney emphasized that he did not agree with what Robinson did, “especially on my own school grounds,” the UVU student said that he “did not approve” on any form of death “, as Utah County’s lawyer is looking for the death penalty.

In the meantime, Trae Stevens, who is not a UVU student, but said he grew up at about an hour’s drive to the south and visited the campus on Tuesday to express his respect, Fox News Digital said that it is “fair” for Robinson confronted with the death penalty.

“I think it’s sad for everyone to die,” said Stevens. “It is a crazy situation and just to see how it has influenced almost the whole world and that this one man can have so much harm in his heart. It’s sad, but I think it’s fair, yes.”

UVU lessons were resumed on Wednesday, a week after the murder of Kirk. The campus started to reopen on Monday when students and the locals visited the campus to express their respect to Kirk by leaving flowers and posters.

An American flag now hangs in the courtyard of UVU, Where Kirk stood When he was shot.

The Campus is planning a “Wake for Unit” on Friday for students, teachers, employees and members of the community to gather in “memory, healing and re -confirmation of shared values.”

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“This attack was not only with an individual, but on the spirit of freedom of expression, civil discourse and intellectual research on the basis of our university,” said UVU president Astrid S. Tuminez in a statement. “The violence that has occurred on our campus has shocked us deeply. We continue to be steadfast in our dedication, dialogue and the values ​​that unite us, even in times of sorrow. Together we choose the future and take care of each other during this time.”