The Bismarck Tribune
COALINGA, Calif. — A California board on Wednesday denied parole for Robert F. Kennedy’s convicted assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, saying after a four-hour hearing that he hadn’t shown adequate remorse or understanding of the severity of the crime that was mourned by a nation more than 40 years ago.
Sirhan, now 66, spoke at length and expressed sorrow, but said he doesn’t remember shooting Kennedy or five other victims in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, where Kennedy stood moments after claiming victory in the California presidential primary
“Every day of my life, I have great remorse and deep regret,” he told a panel of two parole board commissioners at Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga.
Sirhan was originally sentenced to death over objections by Kennedy family members who said they wanted no more killing. The sentence was commuted to life in prison when the U.S. Supreme Court briefly outlawed the death penalty in 1972.
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