{"id":2590378,"date":"2026-04-13T19:32:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T23:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tyler-robinsons-legal-team-calls-in-expert-witness-who-worked-on-bryan-kohberger-case\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T19:35:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T23:35:47","slug":"tyler-robinsons-legal-team-calls-in-expert-witness-who-worked-on-bryan-kohberger-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tyler-robinsons-legal-team-calls-in-expert-witness-who-worked-on-bryan-kohberger-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Robinson&#8217;s Legal Team Calls In Expert Witness Who Worked on Bryan Kohberger Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftyler-robinsons-legal-team-calls-in-expert-witness-who-worked-on-bryan-kohberger-case%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2590378&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Tyler Robinson, 22, is charged with murder for allegedly assassinating conservative commentator Charlie Kirk at a Turning Point USA event on utah Valley university\u2019s campus in September 2025. <\/p>\n<p>His defense has brought in Dr. Bryan Edelman, a trial consultant who helped secure a venue change in the Bryan Kohberger case, to testify at an April 17 evidentiary hearing about cameras in the courtroom adn the influence of modern online media on juror perception. Edelman, co-founder of Trial Innovations, will also discuss polling results and the demographics of Utah county, from which the jury pool will be drawn.<\/p>\n<p>The defense contends that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-in-derek-chauvin-appealing-murder-conviction-in-george-floyd-case\/\" title=\"JUST IN: Derek Chauvin Appealing ... Conviction In George Floyd ...\">pretrial publicity<\/a> and the contemporary internet ecosystem-especially algorithmic personalization-can bias jurors and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >make local high-profile publicity harder<\/a> to avoid, potentially affecting verdicts. Edelman\u2019s testimony in Kohberger\u2019s case supported a venue change, with prosecutors noting community fear and rumors as factors.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in Robinson\u2019s case. the article also cites unsealed messages in which Robinson allegedly discussed an possibility to harm Kirk.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Tyler Robinson&rsquo;s legal team is bringing in expert witness Dr. Bryan Edelman, who played a significant role in securing a change of venue in the Bryan Kohberger murder case in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson, 22, has been charged with murder for allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nurse-reportedly-punished-warning-doctor-openly-supported-bloody-kirk-assassination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">assassinating<\/a> conservative commentator Charlie Kirk back in September 2025 on Utah Valley University&rsquo;s campus during a Turning Point USA event.<\/p>\n<p>Edelman is a co-founder of the trial consulting group &ldquo;Trial Innovations&rdquo; and will give expert testimony at the April 17 evidentiary hearing about cameras in the courtroom, The Post Millennial <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/tyler-robinson-to-bring-expert-witness-who-specializes-in-obtaining-changes-of-venue-like-he-did-in-bryan-kohbergers-case\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A defense motion stated that Edelman believes &ldquo;the modern internet and social media ecosystem &mdash; especially algorithmic curation and personalization &mdash; has fundamentally altered how news is consumed and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-asias-borrowers-turn-homeward-local-bond-issuance-surges\/\" title=\"As Asia\u2019s borrowers turn homeward, local bond issuance surges\">makes local<\/a>, high-profile publicity substantially harder to avoid for residents of the locality where the events giving rise to the case occurred and the case is being tried.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He will also reportedly testify about polling results related to the case and speak to the demographics of Utah County&rsquo;s adult population, from which the jury pool will be drawn.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); 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\t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Robinson&rsquo;s defense team claimed that modern online content can &ldquo;bias juror judgments, increase the likelihood of guilty verdicts in experimental settings, and contribute to memory and source-monitoring errors, including misattributing pretrial information as trial evidence.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As for Edelman&rsquo;s resume, he testified in favor of a change of venue for Kohberger, who was ultimately sentenced to life in prison after killing four University of Idaho students in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Edelman&rsquo;s testimony did, however, help Kohberger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/defense-team-trying-push-idaho-student-murder-trial-summer-2025-demands-case-moved-another-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">secure a change<\/a> of venue with the case being moved to Ada County.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;People here have demonstrated they would experience fear, stress, panic in this community,&rdquo; he testified in the case, according to The Post Millennial. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s significant rumors and misinformation that have been spread and people have been exposed to in this community. There&rsquo;s a feeling of pressure to convict.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Edelman is based in California and holds a Ph.D. in social psychology.<\/p>\n<p>He also conducted a telephone survey for the defense team before reporting his findings on March 13, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/tyler-robinson-defense-calls-expert-kohberger-case-argue-bias-jury-pool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson&rsquo;s attorneys &mdash; Kathryn Nester, Michael Burt, Richard Novak, and Staci Visser &mdash; have argued that the pretrial publicity affects potential jury pools, resulting in more guilty verdicts.<\/p>\n<p>Recently unsealed records <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/contents-tyler-robinsons-handwritten-note-charlie-kirk-revealed-court-docs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed<\/a> letters and messages between Robinson and his roommate, Lance Twiggs, in which he mentioned &ldquo;an opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you are reading this per my text, then I am so sorry. I left the house this morning on a mission, and set an auto text. I am likely dead, or facing a lengthy prison sentence. I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk, and I took it,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NCNewsOnX\/status\/2042650071909519849?%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2042650071909519849%7Ctwgr%5E6dd6e9cdb99e3d87313fd8388aebba04a06b515a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westernjournal.com%2Fcontents-tyler-robinsons-handwritten-note-charlie-kirk-revealed-court-docs%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know if I will\/have succeeded, but I had hoped to make it home to you,&rdquo; Robinson continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I wish we could have lived in a world where this did not feel necessary. I wish I could have stayed for you and lived our lives together.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/black-hood-little-paper-white-target-heart-tyler-robinsons-execution-utah-may-go-found-guilty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seeking<\/a> the death penalty.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Robinson, 22, is charged with murder for allegedly killing conservative commentator Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University during a Turning Point USA event in September 2025. Edelman, a co-founder of Trial Innovations, is expected to testify at the April 17 evidentiary hearing about cameras in the courtroom, The Post Millennial reports. The defense says Edelman believes the modern internet and its algorithm-driven personalization have changed how people consume news and have made local, high-profile publicity harder to avoid for residents where the case originated and where it will be tried. He is also said to discuss polling related to the case and the demographics of Utah County from which the jury pool will be drawn.<\/p>\n<p>The defense argues that contemporary online content can bias jurors, increase the likelihood of guilty verdicts in experiments, and cause memory and source-monitoring errors that could cause pretrial information to be misinterpreted as trial evidence. Edelman\u2019s resume includes testifying in favor of Kohberger\u2019s venue change; Kohberger was ultimately sentenced to life in prison for the 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students, with Edelman\u2019s testimony helping move the case to Ada County. He testified that local residents would experience fear and pressure to convict amid rumors and misinformation. Edelman, who lives in California and holds a PhD in social psychology, also conducted a telephone survey for the defense before reporting findings in March, according to Fox News. Robinson\u2019s attorneys have argued that pretrial publicity affects potential jurors and tends to yield more guilty verdicts.<\/p>\n<p>Recently unsealed records reportedly showed messages between Robinson and his roommate discussing \u201can opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk,\u201d including statements like, \u201cI had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk, and I took it,\u201d and expressions of remorse about the prospect. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2590379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-04-13T184615.018.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[71012,77715,77714,77547],"class_list":["post-2590378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-expertwitness","tag-kohbergercase","tag-legalteam","tag-tylerrobinson"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-04-13T184615.018.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2590378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2590378"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2590378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2590382,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2590378\/revisions\/2590382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2590379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2590378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2590378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2590378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}