"Utah County has hired a private lawyer with significant criminal defense experience to represent the man accused of fatally shooting conservative political activist Charlie Kirk. The lawyer, former federal public defender Kathryn N. Nester, will represent Tyler James Robinson, 22, under a contract with the county, report the Salt Lake Tribune, KSL, ABC News and Fox News. Robinson could face the death penalty if convicted of Kirk's Sept. 10 shooting death at Utah Valley University."
"Nester was previously the executive director of the Federal Defenders of San Diego, the federal public defender for the District of Utah and an assistant federal public defender in the Southern District of Mississippi. She is currently a partner at Nester Lewis. Nester has also represented Kouri Richins, a grief author accused of killing her husband and then writing a children's book about grief. The total cost of the Robinson representation is unknown, but the contract is expected to cost $750,000 over the next year, Utah County spokesperson Richard Piatt told the Salt Lake Tribune. The prosecutor's office is expected to receive about $600,000 for its increased expenses."
""We're going to approve over a million dollars today in an expense for an event that we didn't want," he said. "None of us wanted [it] and it happened to be here, and our taxpayers will now foot the bill. It's very unfortunate.""
Utah County hired Kathryn N. Nester, a former federal public defender, to represent 22-year-old Tyler James Robinson under a county contract. Robinson is accused of fatally shooting conservative political activist Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10 at Utah Valley University and could face the death penalty if convicted. Nester previously led the Federal Defenders of San Diego, served as the federal public defender for the District of Utah, and worked as an assistant federal public defender in the Southern District of Mississippi; she is now a partner at Nester Lewis. She has represented high-profile clients, including Kouri Richins. The contract is expected to cost about $750,000 over the next year, and prosecutors' increased expenses are estimated near $600,000, with county officials noting taxpayers will fund both defense and prosecution.
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