California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday overruled the recommendation of the California Board of Parole Hearings’ to release Sirhan Sirhan
the board’s decision, saying in a joint statement that the board had “inflicted enormous additional pain” on them.Bettmann ArchiveSirhan shot Kennedy with a revolver in Los Angeles’ Ambassador Hotel, where Kennedy was celebrating his victory in two state primary elections for the 1968 Democratic presidential nomination. A Palestinian who emigrated to the United States, Sirhan has sometimeshis actions to Kennedy’s advocacy of U.S. military support for Israel.
The killing was just one of many assassinations of high-profile political figures during the ‘60s, taking place two months after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Sirhan was initially sentenced to death for Kennedy’s murder, but his sentence was commuted to life in prison in 1972, after California abolished the death penalty. In 2021, Sirhan expressed regret for the killing, saying that “Sen.
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