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Judge Holds Prosecutor in CONTEMPT in CHARLIE KIRK CASE

2026-07-01 Entertainment
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The Charlie Kirk murder case just had a major development — and it's not what either side wanted. A Utah judge held the prosecutor in contempt for violating the pretrial publicity order. But the death penalty? Still on the table. Former homicide prosecutor Melba Pearson, aka the Resident Legal Diva, is breaking down exactly what happened, why the prosecutor was wrong — and why the judge was still right to keep the death penalty in play. The Kirk case is far from over. Here's what you need to know. Subscribe @ResidentLegalDiva on YouTube, Substack and socials Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJgZJZZbnLFPr5GJdCuIwpA/join Become a member of the Legal AF Substack: https://michaelpopok.substack.com/20off Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/legalafmtn.bsky.social Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspopok.bsky.social Subscribe to the Legal AF podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch/id1580828595 Subscribe to the Intersection with Michael Popok podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intersection-with-michael-popok/id1818863274 Subscribe to Unprecedented with Michael Popok and Dina Doll podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unprecedented-by-legal-af/id1867023089 Subscribe to Court of History with Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-court-of-history/id1867022920

Top Comments (10)

@guruoo 2026-07-01

University of Tennessee just announced they're having to pay substantial settlements to two professors they had fired in reaction to social media posts about Kirk.

345 72 replies
@sciptick 2026-07-01

Why do judges declare contempt so rarely? It seems like judges are always admonishing DoJ lawyers, but failing to jail them.

161 22 replies
@CharlieFreeman-xw6fl 2026-07-01

Thank you Melba for your legal analysis on this case.

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@mariastellamelendez8670 2026-07-01

Thank you Melba for sharing you gifts and making this case understandable.

144 1 replies
@robospear5606 2026-07-01

Trying to hide an inside job

135 2 replies
@rogerbannon8928 2026-07-01

I really like your delivery Melba.👍

124 6 replies
@natcora7189 2026-07-01

Let’s go!!! We know who is behind this lie… time to dump the Trump and release the evidence

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@iggyboo 2026-07-01

So he can poison the jury pool and they just get a slap on the wrist

109 8 replies
@NoSubstitutions 2026-07-01

Yeah, this case had totally fallen off my radar. Thank you, Melba, for covering this story. Incredible developments in the case.

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@cirilloNYC 2026-07-01

I was selected as a juror for a manslaughter trail in Manhattan many years ago. Case involved a white NYPD cop killing an unarmed black man. Rev Sharpton sat in the courtroom staring at the jurors for 6 weeks. Things I learned: CSI is complete BS, the amount of f ups forensics did was shocking. It was a high profile case where they called hundreds of potential jurors, and eliminated 80 % of us with one question, “has anyone already formed an opinion about this case”? Then the expanded questionnaire eliminated nearly the rest with one question “do you think cops are racist”? Dummy me answered that question by saying, everyone carried prejudices, it’s whether or not we can set those aside and be fair that’s important. Lost 6 weeks of my life, but it was a good experience (resulted in a mistrial, conviction on the second trial).

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