Widow Kennedy resists release of ‘hypocritical’ killer | Abroad

Downer for Sirhan Sirhan

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SACRAMENTO – Fifteen times Sirhan Sirhan was unsuccessful in a request for early release, but sixteen times seem like a charm for the murderer of Robert Kennedy. The California Parole Board, an advisory committee that handles such requests, has approved its most recent request. Yet someone still stands between 77-year-old Sirhan and the prison door: Ethel Kennedy, his victim’s 93-year-old widow.