This is Hidden Killers Live with Tony Bruske, Stacey Cole, and Todd Michaels.

The state is calling it political targeting.

They're seeking the death penalty.

But behind the headlines is a legal machine, one that is complex, high stakes, and slow by design.

Tyler James Robinson stands accused of murdering

Charlie Kirk in a calculated public attack, a note, a text, a long gun from a rooftop, but what comes

next? How does a defense team fight a case like this? What happens when the death penalty is on the

table? And what does the public need to

understand about how the system actually works? It's a lot that's going to be happening in the coming

weeks, months, years in this case, and it's important to understand what's going on before one

decides to, oh, I don't know, jump on their social media and start spouting

off about these horrible defense attorneys. How could someone defend him? It's their job,

and they don't have a choice. And we're going to talk about that. Joining me, Eric Fattis, a criminal

defense attorney and former prosecutor to break down what's ahead and suppression from suppression

battles to jury strategy to mitigation ahead and suppression, from suppression battles to jury strategy

to mitigation appeals and what justice is never, and why it's never as simple as guilt or

innocence. Eric, thanks for joining us. Let's just start with the fact it's a capital case

from your experience. How does a capital case immediately

shift the way the defense has to approach the strategy, motion practice, and funding? Walk us

through the legal terrain that gets activated the moment the state says, we're going to try and kill you.

Sir, Tony, well, obviously it becomes truly a life or death matter for the defense side.

And, you know, a life was taken on the other side, too.

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