The man convicted of assassinating Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 will not yet be freed from prison. Sirhan Sirhan’s bid for parole was rejected Wednesday in California, the.
The man convicted of assassinating Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 will not yet be freed from prison. Sirhan Sirhan’s bid for parole was rejected Wednesday in California, the AP reports. Angela Berry, his lawyer, said the board found Sirhan lacks insight still into why he shot Kennedy, a conclusion she disagrees with. Sirhan’s filing to overturn the governor’s rejection of parole last year remains undecided, and Berry said it’s not clear how that will be affected by the decision Wednesday. Her client has “continued to show great behavior” in prison, Berry said.
Sirhan Sirhan, who assassinated presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, is asking a judge on Wednesday to free him from prison by reversing California Gov.