Robert Kennedy's assassin Sirhan Sirhan denied parole

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UPDATE 1.15pm: THE assassin who killed US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 was denied parole today, 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.



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[Oberon]

Good, keep the bastard in.

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Yea, you'd think that after the 14th failed attempt he'd get the message! And his lawyer.
Answer: change lawyer. And start showing some resemblance of regret maybe?

[August]

I guess the "CRS" defense didn't prevail.

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Originally Posted by August

I guess the "CRS" defense didn't prevail.

CRS ?

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Here we go:
Google does it again

A California state panel on Wednesday denied parole for Sirhan B. Sirhan, saying the convicted assassin of Robert F. Kennedy hasn't demonstrated an understanding of the "magnitude" of his crimes.

Commissioner Mike Prizmich of the California Board of Parole Hearings told Sirhan that he failed to meet the state's criteria for suitability for parole and added that he failed to seek self-help program and his behavoir was immature.

In response, Sirhan sought to interrupt Prizmich, who admonished the inmate. Prizmich, however, said Sirhan would be eligible for parole again in five years

"At this hearing, you're interrupting me time and time again, demonstrating a lack of control and impulsitivity," Prizmich told Sirhan.

"While Sirhan Sirhan's statements at his parole hearing will likely be the source of continuing public interest due to the infamous nature of the crime, there is little he can say that is likely to sway the parole board and convince them that he deserves to be released from prison," said Robert Mintz, a former federal prosecutor.

"It's fairly unusual. It's not common," Dahle added with respect to victims attending a parole hearing and not objecting to the prisoner being released. "We don't get many, at least in cases in Los Angeles County -- where we get victims or victims' next of kin coming to cases. It's an expensive proposition."

Sirhan has at various times taken responsibility (for the Robert Kennedy assassination), but the actual fact is that he doesn't remember what happened in the pantry at all. But because everyone around there told him he did it and he had a pistol and he did fire that pistol, he came to believe that he was actually guilty," Pepper said.Sirhan shows no sign of mental illness and has demonstrated remorse for the shootings, Pepper said. Sirhan has been "free of any disciplinary rulings against him" in prison, Pepper said.
"He's said no day of his life goes by where he doesn't have remorse and deep regret that this took place and the role he played in this thing," Pepper said. "He's not schizophrenic or psychotic, and he has not shown any history of violence during incarceration.

I stand to be corrected, perhaps.



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Interesting reading actually.

[CCIP]

I'm not sure if I buy the whole "I don't remember it" thing, but it does seem like he's at least genuinely remorseful. Still, given his impatience to get out, I highly doubt he's going to leave. And frankly, I'm not sure if he should. If he's really been so good, perhaps they should move him to a 'nicer', low-security facility towards the end of his life, but by all means keep him locked up and in check.

[Takeda Shingen]

Good. Let him rot.

[Jimbuna]

What a freakin shame............................................. .........NOT!!

[Ducimus]

He looks like a damn child molester. Just sayin'.