Probably afraid of what Sirhan will reveal about how the Democrats paid him to kill Bobby Kennedy.
Or he just didn’t want to be known as the governor who let a prominent assassin go.
No, but he probably will get a “Profiles in Courage” Award from the Kennedys.
“Probably afraid of what Sirhan will reveal about how the Democrats paid him to kill Bobby Kennedy.”
He didn’t do it. He was in front of Kennedy and the shot that killed him came from his back and struck him in the scull.
The location of Kennedy’s wounds suggested that his assailant had stood behind him, while witnesses assert that Sirhan faced west as Kennedy moved through the pantry facing east. (This was supported by the Guardian from London)
This has led to the suggestion that a second gunman actually fired the fatal shot, a possibility supported by Thomas Noguchi, the Chief Medical Examiner and Coroner for the County of Los Angeles, who stated that the fatal shot was behind Kennedy’s right ear and had been fired at a distance of approximately one inch. Sirhan never got that close and was facing the the wrong direction.
On February 22, 2012, Sirhan’s lawyers William Francis Pepper and Laurie Dusek filed a court brief in District Court in Los Angeles claiming that a second gunman fired the shots that killed Kennedy. It was the fourth and final in a series of federal briefs filed under the writ of habeas corpus by Pepper and Dusek beginning in October 2010. It was denied without investigation.
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