Tyler Robinson, charged with the assassination of Charlie Kirk appeared in court on Monday for a hearing centered around media access to the ongoing case.
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Nicole parton Demand, charged with the assassination of Charlie Kirk,
appeared in court on Monday for a hearing centered around
media access to the ongoing case. Fourth District Court Judge
Tony Grafft determined that a transcript from an October hearing
would be available in response to requests from various news outlets. However,
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Judge graph indicated that certain sections of the transcript pertaining
to court security measures concerning defendant Tyler Robinson would be redacteds.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Are necessary to protect specific constitutional interests and whether less
restrict of alternatives could adequately address those concerns. The carefully
limited reductions ordered are narrowly tailored and designed to protect
those interests while preserving the public's ability to understand the substance, context,
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and significance of the proceedings. By way of context, The
transcript of the October twenty fourth hearing consists of eighty
three pages, eighty of which contained verbatim record of the proceedings.
Each page includes twenty five lines of text, and the
transcript reflects just over two hours of the court room proceedings.
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The duration of the hearings was of That hearing was
two hours and nineteen minutes.
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The judge continued by saying, the Court recognizes that the
public has a presumed right to access court documents, while
also emphasizing that this right is not unconditional. The judge
denied a defense motion to seal additional parts of the transcript,
reasoning that many details had already been disclosed through charging
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documents and statements made by prosecutors. He also turned down
a request from media organizations to obtain a special status,
which would obligate the court to inform media entities of
any attempts to restrict access to hearings or seal records. Instead,
Judge Graft mandated that both prosecutors and defense counsel must
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provide prior notice if a hearing is anticipated to be closed.
Should legal motions be filed to limit camera presence in
the courtroom or restrict media access, news organizations will have
to keep an eye on the public docket and submit
any objections within a week. Robinson's legal team has previously
indicated their intention to pursue a ban on cameras for
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upcoming hearings. He faces aggravated murder charges for the shooting
of Charlie Kirk on September ten at Utah Valley University
in Orum, with prosecutors announcing plans to seek the death penalty.
Access for media to court proceedings in Utah is already
quite restricted, with judges typically appointing a single photographer and
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videographer to capture hearings and subsequently distribute those images to
other news outlets. Additional journalists are generally permitted to attend
in person for observation and note taking alongside members of
the public. In recent court documents, Judge Graff mentioned that
open court rooms quote protect the integrity of fact finding
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processes while enhancing public trust in the justice system. He
pointed out that criminal trials in the United States have
historically been accessible to the public, illustrating that fairness in
trials can be maintained without hindering reporter's ability to keep
the public informed. More crime and justice news after this
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and now to Kentucky. A grand jury in Fayett County
is set to review evidence later this month regarding a
former University of Kentucky's student accused of concealing her dead
newborn in a closet. Lacoln Snelling, twenty two, faces charges
of abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, and
concealing the birth of a baby. Prosecute readers indicated that
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the grand jury might also consider charges of murder or manslaughter,
depending on the investigation's findings. A search Warren Affidavid reveals
that Snelling gave birth in her off campus bedroom on
August twenty seven. Authorities alleged she wrapped the newborn and
towel and placed the baby in a trash bag along
with the placenta, then cleaned her room and left the apartment.
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Investigators reported that she visited a nearby McDonald's before returning home,
where police later discovered the infund following a report from
her roommates. Snelling pleaded not guilty during her initial court
appearance on September two. Following that hearing, she has been
under house arrest in Tennessee. Judge Melissa Moore Murphy has
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ordered Snelling to remain at her father's residence under electronic
monitoring as the case unfolds. An autopsy has been conducted,
but official state the results are inconclusive. Records from the
University of Kentucky Medical Center have been subpoenaed as part
of the ongoing investigation. Snelling, a former cheerleader and a
senior in Lexington, was reportedly in a relationship with basketball
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player Connor Jordan. However, it is unclear whether he is
the father of the child. And finally, in Tennessee, Tennia,
Farmer has been missing from the three hundred block of
Maclamore in Memphis, Tennessee, since December eighteen. According to the
Memphis Police Department, she left school but never made it home.
Tennya is described as a sixteen year old female, five
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to two, one hundred and forty pounds, natural black hair
that may have burnt orange highlights. She has brown eyes.
She was last seen wearing a black bubble coat, pink shirt,
pink tights, and white sneakers. Anyone with information is asked
to contact the Memphis Police Department at nine zero one
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