The man who assassinated Robert Kennedy, Sirhan Sirhan, may go free after being granted parole by a California board Friday after spending more than 50 \u2026<\/b>
\nThe man who assassinated Robert Kennedy, Sirhan Sirhan, may go free after being granted parole by a California board Friday after spending more than 50 years in prison. Kennedy\u2019s son, Douglas Kennedy, told Fox News\u2019 Christina Coleman he supports the release of his father\u2019s killer. \u00ab\u00a0I believe that all prisoners who are no longer a threat to themselves or others should be released from prison. I do not believe prison should be used as a punishment,\u00a0\u00bb Kennedy, a Fox News correspondent, said. Sirhan told the California parole board \u00ab\u00a0I would never put myself in jeopardy again. You have my pledge. I will always look to safety and peace and non-violence.\u00a0\u00bb Kennedy spoke at Sirhan\u2019s parole board, and said that experience allowed him to \u00ab\u00a0see him as a human being.\u00a0\u00bb \u00ab\u00a0All human beings are worthy of compassion and love, and I believe he is as well,\u00a0\u00bb Kennedy said. This is Sirhan\u2019s sixteenth attempt at parole, which will now go before a two-member review panel and requires final approval from California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Six of Robert Kennedy\u2019s children object to Sirhan\u2019s release, saying in a statement \u00ab\u00a0Our father\u2019s death impacted our family in ways that can never adequately be articulated, and today\u2019s decision by a two-member parole board has inflicted enormous pain.\u00a0\u00bb Kennedy said he comes from a very large family, and he respects their differing opinions on the situation. \u00ab\u00a0I have a lot of compassion for my siblings and their stance, this is a traumatic and awful experience to not only grow up without a father but also to watch the images of our father being killed over and over on television,\u00a0\u00bb he said. Sirhan killed Robert Kennedy, then a Democratic U.S. senator from New York and brother of President John F. Kennedy, in 1968 at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Sirhan said he was angry at Kennedy for his support of Israel and was convicted of first-degree murder.<\/p>\n