No probation and the killer of Robert Kennedy therefore remains in prison. The decision, made by California Governor Gavin Newsom, concerns Sirhan Sirhan, the 77-year-old Jordanian of Palestinian origin convicted of the murder of Jfk's brother in March 1968 in Los Angeles, in the kitchen of the Ambassador hotel.
He had been imprisoned for 53 years, initially the sentence handed down was that of the death penalty, which was turned into life imprisonment in 1972 following the declaration of the unconstitutionality of the death penalty by the California Supreme Court.
"After decades of imprisonment - writes the governor motivating his decision - the detainee has failed to address the shortcomings that led him to assassinate Senator Kennedy. Mr. Sirhan lacks the discernment that could prevent him from carrying out the same type of dangerous actions. of the past".
(Unioneonline / ss)
