Capital punishment

Eiglarsh warned mitigation evidence could sway a single juror, and any outcome short of death would be seen as failure.

“And that to me is the challenge for prosecutors because anything other than death, people will deem this a failure”

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Eiglarsh warned that evidence of Robinson's remorse could sway at least one juror against a death sentence, which requires unanimity.

“that could have an impact on at least one of the 12 jurors”

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Eiglarsh argued the defense's real goal is to pressure prosecutors into waiving the death penalty.

“beg the prosecution to consider waiving the death penalty. And that to me would be a victory for the defense”

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Murphy described victim impact testimony as the most powerful evidence he has seen in court.

“that is the most powerful thing evidence I've ever seen in a courtroom”

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Murphy predicted Robinson will be bound over, convicted, and sentenced to death.

“He's going to bind him over. He's going to go to trial. He's going to be found guilty and he's going to be sentenced to death”

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Frisella calls the cancellation of the livestream a major loss because visible punishment deters crime.

“we haven't had a situation in this country for a very long time where the consequences of justice are witnessed at a level to where they discourage other people”

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Sharaf argued that harsher punishments such as firing squads and public hangings would deter crime.

“they need to bring back fucking the firing squad and fucking public hangings”

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Kelly argued Utah juries are more likely than California's to impose the death penalty.

“Utah's full of Christians, Mormons. They're law abiding. There are a lot of red state voters there”

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Spilbor argued that avoiding a unanimous death verdict would count as a win for Robinson's defense.

“a win for the defense here is simply not getting a unanimous death verdict. That is a win for the defense”

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Geragos said a source told him federal prosecutors stayed out because Utah genuinely enforces capital punishment.

“We didn't come in to Utah because they mean it when they say they've got a death penalty”

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Aronberg predicted the Robinson case will proceed as a capital case likely ending in a death sentence.

“I think that this is going to be a capital case and that it's very likely that this defendant gets the ultimate punishment”

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Kilgariff argued the case has endured as a cautionary tale about political and gender bias in the justice system.

“it's actually lived on as a cautionary tale about how the biases around politics and gender seep into the justice system”

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Nathan Lee argued King should not live since Denise does not, while acknowledging the process is slow.

“Denise isn't here, so why should he be? The pain and the suffering, the horror he put her through, he should not be here”

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Flowers reported that Marietta Jaeger forgave Meirhofer and became an advocate for forgiveness and against the death penalty.

“She went on to become an advocate for forgiveness and speaks openly against the death penalty”

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