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Sirhan Sirhan, convicted of Robert F. Kennedy assassination, seeks parole with no opposition from prosecutors
Washington Post ^ | August 25, 2021 | Tom Jackman

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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: 1968; crime; murder; rfk; sirhansirhan
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To: Beowulf9

I still don’t know IF he did it!
Neither does he.


21 posted on 08/25/2021 5:14:39 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Beowulf9

I’ve come to the realization of what a tragedy RFK’s killing was.

His death basically cleared the way for the loonies to take over the Democratic Party.

Imagine if RFK had served two terms, instead of Nixon. RFK pretty much was regarded as the more conservative of the Kennedys. The Democratic Party would have remained somewhat sane.


22 posted on 08/25/2021 5:15:20 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: nascarnation

Bet some of the new kids on the block don’t even know who he is


23 posted on 08/25/2021 5:15:46 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: KingofZion

Regardless, reading about his last sixteen parole attempts his big mouth always did him in regardless of what his lawyer told him not to do.


24 posted on 08/25/2021 5:16:14 PM PDT by SkyDancer
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To: BobL

I think had he been President, the love affair Hippies had with RFK would have worn off very quickly. Even Reagan had remarked how conservative RFK was sounding, on that fateful night of the California Primary.


25 posted on 08/25/2021 5:17:25 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DIRTYSECRET
He’ll be a returning hero when he returns to the mid-east.

True, but the party in Gaza will be bad optics for the Palestinians and for Gascon and the other Soros-backed "DAs for Crime."

26 posted on 08/25/2021 5:19:57 PM PDT by omega4412
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To: EEGator

He could sing a duet with John Hinckley on YouTube.


27 posted on 08/25/2021 5:22:41 PM PDT by Leep (Save America. Lock down Joe Biden!)
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To: KingofZion

Prosecutors no longer prosecute. Ecclesiastes 8:11. Why crime increases, in a nutshell.


28 posted on 08/25/2021 5:24:40 PM PDT by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: KingofZion

Aren’t there any Kennedy’s left to see he doesn’t get paroled?


29 posted on 08/25/2021 5:32:59 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U
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To: KingofZion

Will he be visiting the White House perhaps?

Hmmmmmmmmm.......?


30 posted on 08/25/2021 5:33:50 PM PDT by Az Joe (FREE CHAUVIN!)
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To: Beowulf9

He did us all a favor.


31 posted on 08/25/2021 5:41:12 PM PDT by rellic
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To: KingofZion

omg most people alive today don’t understand this was a 9/11 level crime. He slaughtered one of the left’s heroes and these leftist pigs will let him out.

They would probably release Lee Harvey Oswald if they could.


32 posted on 08/25/2021 5:41:51 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: KingofZion

No one gets jail time for an abortion, so why did he?


33 posted on 08/25/2021 5:41:57 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Beowulf9

I still don’t know why he did it.

Mob hit


34 posted on 08/25/2021 5:43:38 PM PDT by wardamneagle (c)
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To: dfwgator

No. Loonies had taken over the party back in 1913. America has never, nor will it recover.


35 posted on 08/25/2021 5:45:34 PM PDT by rellic
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To: KingofZion

To this day, I’m terrified of kitchens.


36 posted on 08/25/2021 5:48:25 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (Proudly posting comments without reading the articles since 2002.)
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To: KingofZion

It’s a good thing Charles Manson has already died in prison.


37 posted on 08/25/2021 5:50:20 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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To: KingofZion

Palestinian scum


38 posted on 08/25/2021 5:55:53 PM PDT by montag813
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To: KingofZion

Sirhan was brainwashed and fired blanks.

Read and learn:

https://www.amazon.com/Lie-Too-Big-Fail-Assassination/dp/1627310703


39 posted on 08/25/2021 5:58:36 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: KingofZion

Sirhan’s action back then is what unleashed the anti-gun fanatics to pass the horrid 1968 Gun Control Act into law.

We are still suffering from what he did.


40 posted on 08/25/2021 6:00:01 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (30 days! FB jail for mentioning a Monty Python script about tranneys, and the 1936 Olympics.)
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