犹他州一名法官于10月23日表示，他需要更多时间来决定何时开始对泰勒·罗宾逊的审判。罗宾逊被指控在一年多前杀害了著名右翼活动家查理·柯克，媒体对此进行了报道。
A Utah judge on Oct 23 said he needed more time to decide when to start the trial of Tyler Robinson, the man accused of killing prominent right-wing activist Charlie Kirk more than a year ago, media reported.
电视台KUTV报道，在犹他州普罗沃市举行的听证会上，地区法院法官托尼·格拉夫听取了辩护律师、检察官以及柯克遗孀埃里卡·柯克律师的辩论后，表示需要考虑各方立场。他将新的听证会定于11月9日举行。
At a hearing in Provo, Utah, District Court Judge Tony Graf heard arguments from defence lawyers, prosecutors and a lawyer for Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, before saying he needed to consider their positions. He set a new hearing for Nov 9, television station KUTV reported.
现年23岁的罗宾逊对包括加重谋杀在内的七项指控均表示不认罪，他被指控在奥勒姆市犹他谷大学举行的一场标志性辩论活动中向柯克开枪。罗宾逊的律师预计审判将持续六到七个月。
Robinson, 23, has pleaded not guilty to seven counts, including aggravated murder, for allegedly shooting Kirk as he held one of his trademark debates at Utah Valley University in Orem. Robinson’s lawyers expect a six-to-seven-month trial.
根据一份排期备忘录，罗宾逊的律师曾请求将审判推迟至2029年底，以便有时间质疑犹他州寻求判处死刑的请求、收集更多证据以及申请变更审判地点等。
Robinson’s attorneys had asked for a late 2029 trial to give them time to challenge Utah’s request for the death penalty, gather additional evidence and seek a change of venue, among other issues, according to a scheduling memo.
与此同时，检方根据其排期备忘录，请求将开庭日期定为2028年1月31日，预计审判将持续17周。
Prosecutors, meanwhile, sought a date of Jan 31, 2028 to start what they expect to be a 17-week trial, according to their scheduling memo.
在另一份文件中，埃里卡·柯克表示，辩方的请求“与可比案件严重不符”，并请求审判不晚于2027年10月4日开始。
In a separate filing, Erika Kirk said the defence request was “grossly out of line with comparable cases” and requested the trial start no later than Oct 4, 2027.
在10月23日听证会前不久，曾与柯克结盟的美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在社交媒体发文抨击格拉夫对案件的处理，称案件应在一个月内审结，并指责格拉夫在问“人们早已知晓答案的问题”。
Shortly before the Oct 23 hearing, US President Donald Trump, with whom Kirk had been allied, slammed Graf’s handling of the case in a social media post, saying it should be tried within a month and Graf was asking “questions that people already know the answer to”.
柯克是美国政坛一位两极分化的人物。保守派赞赏他围绕基督教和右翼观点动员年轻选民。反对者则批评他在移民、种族、性别及其他社会问题上的言论。
Kirk was a polarising figure in US politics. He was admired by conservatives for mobilising young voters around his Christian and right-wing views. Opponents criticised his rhetoric on immigration, race, gender and other social issues.
检方指控罗宾逊因柯克反对同性婚姻和跨性别者权利而将其作为袭击目标。
Prosecutors allege Robinson targeted Kirk for his opposition to gay marriage and transgender rights.
辩护律师理查德·诺瓦克表示，柯克曾对没有传统性别认同或非异性恋的人发表过“仇恨”言论，但没有证据表明罗宾逊反对这些观点。
Defence attorney Richard Novak has said Kirk spoke “hatefully” about people who did not have traditional gender identities or were not heterosexual, but there was no evidence Robinson opposed those views.