Charlie Kirk’s Accused Killer Won’t Face a Jury Until 2028. His Family Calls It ‘Deeply Disappointing.’

Charlie Kirk was shot on Sept. 10, 2025. The man accused of killing him won’t face a jury until June 21, 2028.

Judge Tony Graf set that date on Monday in Provo, Utah, after weeks of fighting over the calendar. He reserved 105 court days for the trial of Tyler Robinson, 23, who has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder and six other charges and could face the death penalty if convicted.

The family’s answer

Within hours, Erika Kirk posted the family’s response. “Today’s decision to delay the trial of the man accused of murdering our beloved Charlie until at least June 2028, is deeply disappointing,” the statement said.

“While nothing will restore the time we have lost with Charlie, every additional day without justice prolongs our family’s pain and forces us to wait even longer for accountability,” it continued, according to CBS News.

In court, the family’s lawyer, Jeffrey Neiman, said they would accept the date but begged the judge to stick to it. “A trial in the summer of 2028, three years after Charlie’s assassination, does not feel very speedy to the Kirk family,” he said, according to NBC News. “The family has waited long enough already.”

How the judge split the difference

The Kirk family asked for a trial no later than Oct. 4, 2027. Prosecutors said they could be ready by October 2027 but proposed Jan. 31, 2028, to avoid the holidays. Robinson’s lawyers wanted the second half of 2029.

Graf landed in between. In his order, he pointed to the mountain of evidence both sides have to work through, including about 8 million digital files and roughly 3.3 terabytes of data. He also wrote that “unnecessary delay remains a serious concern” and promised monthly check-in hearings to protect the rights of both Robinson and Erika Kirk.

The schedule includes a hearing on April 11, 2028, to make sure both sides are actually ready, and jury questionnaires due May 3, 2028.

What prosecutors say happened

Prosecutors say Robinson targeted Kirk for his political beliefs while Kirk spoke to thousands of people at Utah Valley University. They say a bullet found in the rifle was engraved with the words “Hey Facist! CATCH!” and that Robinson wrote in a text message, “I had enough of his hatred.” Robinson turned himself in the day after the shooting, at his family’s urging.

President Trump said last month that Robinson should be tried “within a month” and blasted the judge for “taking forever.”

The bottom line

Justice delayed is justice denied. A grieving widow asked for a trial within two years. She’ll get one in nearly three. The least the court can do now is keep its word and hold the date.