Robert F. Kennedy Assassin Sirhan Sirhan Denied Parole

The California Board of Parole Hearings had recommended the release of Sirhan Sirhan, who assassinated Robert F. Kennedy in 1968.

Sirhan Sirhan was at a parole hearing.

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Sirhan had not developed the accountability and insight required to support his safe release into the community, according to an op-ed written by Newsom in the Los Angeles Times.

The decision came after five months of deliberations by the governor, who said he idolized Kennedy and kept a photo of Kennedy with his late father, Judge William Newsom, on his desk, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Six of Kennedy's nine surviving children urged the board to reverse its decision.

Sirhan Sirhan was taken away from the Ambassador Hotel after shooting Robert F. Kennedy.

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Sirhan shot Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, where Kennedy was celebrating his victory in two state primary elections for the 1968 Democratic presidential nomination. Sirhan, a Palestinian who moved to the United States, has sometimes attributed his actions to Kennedy. After the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., Sirhan was sentenced to life in prison for Kennedy's murder. Sirhan expressed regret for the killing, saying that he hurt all of them and that it pains him to know what happened.

Douglas Kennedy told the California Board of Parole Hearings that he was moved by Sirhan's remorse and that he was grateful to see him as a human being worthy of compassion and love. The Washington Post reported that Robert F. Kennedy wrote in support of parole.

The number is big.

16. Sirhan has applied for parole many times.

The quote is crucial.

The deficiencies that led to Kennedy's assassination have not been addressed by him after decades in prison. Mr. Sirhan doesn't have the insight that would prevent him from making the same types of dangerous decisions he has made in the past.

Sirhan was denied parole as Newsom rejected the board's recommendation.

RFK Sirhan's request for parole was approved.