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Serhan Serhan
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The Palestinian has been denied parole fifteen times. Now his request was granted.
Palestinian Serhan Serhan, who was convicted of the June 1968 assassination of Senator Robert Kennedy, brother of assassinated US President John F. Kennedy, may be released after 50 years in prison. informed Friday, August 27, Los Angeles Times.
It is noted that the parole commission (parole) received letters in support of 77-year-old Serhan. One of them was also sent by the son of the murdered politician.
In addition, the prosecutor’s office did not object to the early release of the prisoner. In this regard, his application was granted.
As you know, after being accused of Kennedy’s murder, 24-year-old Serhan was sentenced to death. Then his sentence was reduced to life imprisonment.
A Palestinian has been able to apply for parole since 1972. He made several attempts between 1983 and 2006, but was always rejected. Last time he was denied in 2016.
The younger brother of 35 US President John F. Kennedy, Robert, ran for the highest office in the country in 1968. The attempt on his life took place on the night of June 5 at a hotel in Los Angeles. The next day, Robert Kennedy passed away.
Serhan refused to plead guilty to the crime and said that due to a memory loss, he did not remember shooting Kennedy and five other people at the Ambassador Hotel in 1968.
Kennedy’s assassin was attacked in an American prison
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