A California panel has denied parole for Robert F. Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan. Sirhan’s lawyer Angela Berry says the parole board decided the 78-year-old still lacks insight into what caused him to shoot the senator and presidential candidate in 1968.
FILE - This June 1968 photo shows Sirhan Sirhan, right, accused assassin of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, with his attorney Russell E. Parsons in Los Angeles. In 2021, a California parole board voted to free Robert F. Kennedy's assassin but the decision was overturned by the governor. Sirhan Sirhan will once again appear before the board Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at a hearing at a federal prison in San Diego County to again seek their approval for his release.
SAN DIEGO — A California panel on Wednesday denied parole for Robert F. Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan. Sirhan’s lawyer Angela Berry says the parole board decided the 78-year-old prisoner still lacks insight into what caused him to shoot the senator and presidential candidate in 1968. Berry said she believes Sirhan has shown that awareness, however, and that his psychiatrists have said for decades that he is unlikely to reoffend.
A different California parole board two years ago voted to release Sirhan, but Gov. Gavin Newson rejected the decision in 2022.In rejecting Sirhan’s freedom last year, the governor said he remains a threat to the public and hasn’t taken responsibility for a crime that changed American history.SAN DIEGO — Nearly two years ago, a California parole board voted to free Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin, but the decision was later overturned by the governor.
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