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Whether Sirhan, 77, is finally released from prison now depends on the parole board’s legal staff who have 120 days to finalize his decision. The governor of California then has 30 days to let the decision stand or overturn it.
Palestinian-born Sirhan is serving a life sentence for shooting dead Kennedy, 42, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on June 5, 1968. The shooting came minutes after the US senator from New York and the former US attorney general gave his victory speech after winning the Democratic primaries. California. Kennedy died the next day.
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Sirhan said he had no recollection of the assassination, although he also said he shot Kennedy because he was angry at his support for Israel.
The Los Angeles Times reported that two family members of the slain senator, including his son Robert F. Kennedy Jr., sent letters to the parole board supporting his release.
Sirhan’s attorney, Angela Berry, told the paper that his client had never been charged with a serious prison offense and prison officials considered him a low risk.
The parole board official and his lawyer were not immediately available for comment.
Sirhan, who was jailed in San Diego, has been denied parole 15 times.
Robert F Kennedy is the brother of the former US president who was also shot dead John F Kennedy . The man who is familiarly called Bobby served as the 64th United States Attorney General from January 1961 to September 1964. He served as the U.S. Senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968.
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