Posted on 08/25/2021 4:48:47 PM PDT by KingofZion
Sirhan B. Sirhan, convicted of the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, will face a California parole board for the 16th time Friday in a prison outside San Diego. But unlike the first 15 times, no prosecutor will stand to oppose the release of Sirhan, who is now 77.
Sirhan was arrested at the scene of Kennedy’s shooting in Los Angeles on June 5, 1968, convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death for the slaying of a U.S. senator who appeared headed for the Democratic presidential nomination.
*** When California abolished the death penalty, Sirhan’s sentence was reduced to life with the possibility of parole. And now Sirhan, who has been incarcerated for 53 years, may benefit from a new push among progressive prosecutors to seek the release, or not oppose the release, of convicts who have served decades behind bars, no longer pose a threat to society and will be costly to treat medically in their later years.
Newly elected Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón told The Washington Post shortly before his inauguration in December that he was creating a sentencing review unit to revisit the cases of about 20,000 prisoners for possible resentencing, analyzing both the fairness of long sentences and the cost savings for releasing low-risk or older inmates.***
In Sirhan’s case, Gascón’s office is remaining neutral. The office said it will not attend the parole hearing, as Los Angeles prosecutors have done historically, but it also will not send a letter in support of Sirhan’s parole.
*** Kennedy is survived by his wife, Ethel Kennedy, and nine children, many of whom declined to comment. The family has not submitted any letters taking a position on Sirhan’s parole and have not requested to speak at Friday’s hearing.
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He can get a job with Twitter or Facebook...
I still don’t know why he did it.
Trump should have pardoned him on the 50th anniversary of Chappaquiddik.
There are some prosecutors out there these days that deserve
the death penalty.
He has nothing to lose by killing again.
Maybe he can fly to kabul to help the tallyban?
In a perfect world, someone as adored by hippies as much as RFK would have NEVER gotten as far as he did.
MK Ultra...
‘In 1989, he told David Frost, “My only connection with Robert Kennedy was his sole support of Israel and his deliberate attempt to send those 50 [fighter jet] bombers to Israel to obviously do harm to the Palestinians.”’
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirhan_Sirhan
“Maybe he can fly to kabul to help the tallyban?”
Sirhan is Arab Christian.
And there are still Kennedog heirs living!
He’ll be a returning hero when he returns to the mid-east.
Will he be out in time to get on the ballot to replace Newsom? They say name recognition is a big asset.
He can get a job at CNN
Ohh, so that was what it was all about. Wow.
Thank you for that info.
How many think RFK ordered Marilyn Monroe death?
If he was the only Democrat and he ran against Elder, he would win.
Could they provide the American People with the location of his release? That would help tremendously.
Ask the girl in the polka dot dress.
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