RFK assassin Sirhan B. Sirhan granted parole, but decision not final.
SAN DIEGO — Sirhan B. Sirhan, who was convicted of assassinating Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, was found suitable for parole Friday by a two-person panel, but the decision must still be approved by the governor.after he shot the presidential hopeful on June 5, 1968, in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón's office stood by its policy to decline to participate in any post-sentencing decisions regarding parole or release. Sirhan was successfully prosecuted by the office in 1969, but his death sentence was commuted to life in prison in 1972. The lack of a district attorney's office presence at Sirhan's hearing did not sit well with some prosecutors.
San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan, said in a statement:"My office would never abandon our legal duties to represent a victim whose voice is forever silenced by murder. Another six of Robert F. Kennedy's nine surviving children said their father's assassination was"a crime against our nation" and expressed vehement opposition to parole.
The statement was released by Joseph P. Kennedy II, Courtney Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, Christopher G. Kennedy, Maxwell T. Kennedy and Rory Kennedy.
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