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Tyler Robinson judge postpones key ruling on whether death penalty can be removed as sanction
Judge Tony Graf delayed his ruling on a potential gag order violation and death penalty removal sanction to Friday, when another hearing will be held at 8:30 a.m. local time.
Tyler Robinson’s defense team is trying to get the death penalty taken off the table as an appropriate sanction after prosecutors talked about the case while not in court.
“The only way that this Court can demonstrate that its orders, and the ethical rules that counsel must obey, are not optional when it comes to the State’s attorneys, even in this case, is to impose the sanction undersigned counsel have urged upon this Court: striking the State’s death notice,” reads the filing, signed by defense attorneys Kathryn Nester, Richard Novak, Michael Burt and Staci Visser.
