Robert Kennedy's Assassin Denied Parole
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The assassin who killed US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 has been denied parole, at his 14th such hearing since he was convicted.
Sirhan Sirhan, now
66, shot Kennedy to death at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles just moments
after he won the California Democratic primary in June of 1968. He was wrestled
to the ground in the kitchen of the landmark hotel with a gun in his hand.
The California Board
of Parole has consistently denied him release because it has never been
persuaded that the convicted assassin has any regrets about killing Kennedy.
Typically, inmates who do win release have accepted responsibility for their
crimes, are sorry for what they did, and can prove they no longer pose a danger
to society.
Sirhan was originally
convicted of murder and sentenced to death. His sentence was later commuted to
life in prison when the death penalty was outlawed in California in 1972. It
has since been reinstated.
The Palestinian immigrant
reportedly killed the New York senator because he backed selling warplanes to
Israel.
Caption: Sen. Robert F. Kennedy speaking at the Ambassador Hotel in Los
Angeles, on June 5, 1968, following his victory in the California primary. A
moment later he turned into a hotel kitchen corridor and was critically wounded
by gunman Sirhan Sirhan.
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