The State of California has delivered the ultimate F-You to the memory of RFK Sr., voting to parole his murderer Sirhan Sirhan out of jail.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/08/27/sirhan-parole-hearing/

This is complete bull crap. This guy deliberately and viciously killed RFK. He should rot in jail forever.

And I was never a fan of ANY of the Kennedy’s. But this is BS. California politicians only care about the criminals.

The parole still has to be approved by the Governor but it’s likely he’ll roll over, too.

This is a shock. I never thought I'd see it.

I have heard that members of the Kennedy clan has advocated for his release.


Cat

Irrespective of everything else, how can a person who has ben in prison for 53 years even function on the outside? 

I have heard that members of the Kennedy clan has advocated for his release.


Cat


RFK Jr, who is a complete head case, seems to think that Sirhan Sirhan is innocent. Rosie Greer, who pulled the hot .22 from Sirhan’s hand, would disagree.

Irrespective of everything else, how can a person who has ben in prison for 53 years even function on the outside?


He can pull a trigger for sure.

I didn't know Sirhan Sirhan was still alive.  :(
Takes me back to 1968 when we were watching the morning news and found out Robert Kennedy was shot and killed the night before. I think it was a school day. (??  trying to remember anything from way back in 1968 isnt easy  ;D ;D ) I was only 6 when JFK was killed, I was about 11 when RFK was killed and was able to understand the significance more than in 1963. 

I didn't know Sirhan Sirhan was still alive.  :(
Takes me back to 1968 when we were watching the morning news and found out Robert Kennedy was shot and killed the night before. I think it was a school day. (??  trying to remember anything from way back in 1968 isnt easy  ;D ;D ) I was only 6 when JFK was killed, I was about 11 when RFK was killed and was able to understand the significance more than in 1963.


I remember the images on TV of the train carrying his body traveling across the country and people gathering from miles around to see it in big cities and small towns.

http://media.newyorker.com/photos/5abe68c0e4b526446411b433/4:3/w_1862,h_1397,c_limit/Paul%20Fusco_3.jpg

http://www.history.com/.image/ar_16:9%2Cc_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cg_faces:center%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_768/MTgxNTY5MDYzMjk2NzA1NzA0/gettyimages-515541920.jpg

http://media.newyorker.com/photos/5abeb2e00dfee959fdae8650/master/w_1600,c_limit/3.jpg

And one more...


http://media.newyorker.com/photos/5abeb2e1da80355baf10d2d9/master/w_1600,c_limit/4.jpg

Ethel's comments here remind me so much of the way RFK spoke in the 1960s.


Ethel Kennedy, RFK's Widow, Says Sirhan Sirhan Should Not Be Released

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/08/1035114359/ethel-kennedy-rfks-widow-says-sirhan-sirhan-should-not-be-released

Excerpts:

The wife of the late Robert F. Kennedy says assassin Sirhan Sirhan should not be released from prison, further roiling a family divide over whether the man convicted of killing her husband in California in 1968 should be freed on parole.

In a brief statement released on Twitter by her daughter, lawyer and activist Kerry Kennedy, Ethel Kennedy said bluntly Tuesday: "He should not be paroled."

"Bobby believed we should work to 'tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of the world,'" Kennedy, 93, wrote.

"He wanted to end the war in Vietnam and bring people together to build a better, stronger country. More than anything, he wanted to be a good father and loving husband," she wrote, adding: "Our family and our country suffered an unspeakable loss due to the inhumanity of one man. We believe in the gentleness that spared his life, but in taming his act of violence, he should not have the opportunity to terrorize again."