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Niki · #1 03-01-2011, 08:25 PM

Los Angeles (CNN) -- Sirhan B. Sirhan, the convicted assassin of Robert F. Kennedy, will make a personal appearance before a California parole board for the first time in at least nine years on Wednesday, supported by two psychologists' reports saying he no longer poses a threat to society, his attorney said.
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**Keltria** · #2 03-02-2011, 12:54 AM

He is 73 now - So No, I dont think he does pose a threat to anyone.

Goonswifey · #3 03-02-2011, 01:52 AM

73 is plenty young enough to shoot someone (again). I doubt he's getting out.

LoveBuggy · #4 03-02-2011, 11:51 AM

Im sure he probably doesn't pose a threat. He doesn't remember assassinating one of the greatest men our nation has encountered.

Although one of his victims is able to forgive him, I think life in prison is the punishment he deserves.

I'm going to stop now so I don't offend anyone. Just know my first born middle name is after Robert F. Kennedy. He was a wonderful civil rights activist that could of been a great President. We will never know because of this mans actions.

Pretty Toes · #5 03-02-2011, 12:45 PM

In the past I have seen that California does not parole people too easily. I really dont know what to expect on this one!

lin787 · #6 03-02-2011, 02:44 PM

I agree with who ever said 73 is not too old to pull the trigger. The article says he is 66 and has a brother that lives near by. family in Jordon, he is an illegal and will be deported. He is a terrorist, and we are going to let him out???????????

we should know in a couple of hours.

SpicaRigel · #7 03-02-2011, 03:44 PM

This made me think of the thread that allmb posted about "Good and Evil".
He murdered a promising young politician and like LoveBuggy said who knows the wonderful things RFK could have done.
In the 1980's I opened a hair salon in Altadena, CA where Sirhan Sirhan was from.
I heard alot of my clients talk about him because their kids went to school with him and some of them had nice memories of a kid who came over for milk and cookies and played.
One client worked at the church in the pre-school where Sirhan's mother worked and she remembered how heartbreaking it was that the press came and she had no idea of what had happened. She said what a dear sweet woman she was.
These people knew a young man who they thought was a just a nice kid.
I dont know what happened to him.
I dont know what he is capable of if he gets out.
But i would think he is not the same person he was back in 1968.

Tom_Greene · #8 03-02-2011, 04:00 PM

Sirhan-Sirhan 73 years old. Still crazy as shit. Convicted of murder and has never shown remorse (that I can find...he always has some batshit crazy excuses). He should serve life like he was sentenced to. I do not get the people who say that they were sentenced to life with parole, and automatically expect parole to be granted. They need to remember the key words "POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE".

only1love · #9 03-02-2011, 09:13 PM

I would be shocked if they give him parole. The only people I have seen get paroled for an hour or two in California are sex offenders. The rest are in to stay.

Niki · #10 03-02-2011, 09:58 PM

March 2, 2011 | 6:27 pm

A California parole board in Coalinga on Wednesday rejected a parole request by the the man who assassinated Robert F. Kennedy.
Sirhan Sirhan has spent 42 years behind bars for the assassination in 1968 at the Ambassador Hotel.

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shieldmaiden · #11 03-03-2011, 12:33 AM

Mmmmmmm.............all I can comment here is remember the lady in the polka dot dress! Those who know their political history will understand this comment

RF13 · #12 03-05-2011, 03:52 PM

He should stay in prison and never get out!

joetnymedic · #13 03-05-2011, 05:16 PM

he's going to stay in prison until he dies there if not because of anything else but the noriety (sp?) of this case. personally I think he shouldn't get out because he was originally sentenced to death and his sentence was commuted to life, but thats just my opinion. plus the other thing is, while yes, he is capable and can kill again, the state unfortunately is not only responsible for others protection against him, they are also charged to protect him, and just on a whim that someone might try to take him out, releasing him would be a real bad idea. i just feel the guy that didnt want to oppose his parole is probably just trying to make peace with himself before he goes. again as said, people may not agree with me but this is just my opinion

MadeInOz · #14 03-16-2011, 06:32 AM

I think that one of the key principles underlying the prison system is that people have the ability to change. This was an assassination, pure and simple. He was not a mass murderer who went out and killed people indiscriminately. We might not agree with his politics, but... I honestly can't agree with the whole "he's still young enough to kill" line.

I am not trying to justify what he did, but are they punishing this man in extraordinary circumstances for who he murdered, rather than who he is?

Hmm... Anyway, just my thoughts.

LoveBuggy · #15 03-16-2011, 06:36 AM

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Originally Posted by MadeInOz

I think that one of the key principles underlying the prison system is that people have the ability to change. This was an assassination, pure and simple. He was not a mass murderer who went out and killed people indiscriminately. We might not agree with his politics, but... I honestly can't agree with the whole "he's still young enough to kill" line.

I am not trying to justify what he did, but are they punishing this man in extraordinary circumstances for who he murdered, rather than who he is?

Hmm... Anyway, just my thoughts.

1. He couldn't even control himself at the parole hearing.

2. Not only did he kill a great man but he SHOT 5 other people. The man doesn't even remember the day he changed history.

3. I don't care if he's young enough to still kill or too old not to. It's about punishment for a horrific crime.

MadeInOz · #16 03-16-2011, 03:07 PM

It's been more than 40 years. With regard to your second point, this is a perfect argument for granting him parole. The day that the world changed for everyone else was the day that the world changed for him as well, and he wound up as a footnote in history.

Are you saying "How dare he forget what he did?"

I think he's had 40 years to think about it. It's quite a burden to carry for so long.

Politically I think it's probably suicidal to grant him parole, because of the high profile nature of his crime. Why then are we even giving him the opportunity to apply for it every five years, why get his hopes up?

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Originally Posted by LoveBuggy

1. He couldn't even control himself at the parole hearing.

2. Not only did he kill a great man but he SHOT 5 other people. The man doesn't even remember the day he changed history.

3. I don't care if he's young enough to still kill or too old not to. It's about punishment for a horrific crime.

coleman8 · #17 03-16-2011, 09:01 PM

I don't think he will get out either...do to the fact that he shot a Kennedy

**LifeTraveler** · #18 03-17-2011, 03:25 AM

I read somewhere that he was under mind control from other sources that wanted Kennedy dead.

esteli · #19 03-17-2011, 04:48 AM

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Originally Posted by MadeInOz

It's been more than 40 years. With regard to your second point, this is a perfect argument for granting him parole. The day that the world changed for everyone else was the day that the world changed for him as well, and he wound up as a footnote in history.

Are you saying "How dare he forget what he did?"

I think he's had 40 years to think about it. It's quite a burden to carry for so long.

Politically I think it's probably suicidal to grant him parole, because of the high profile nature of his crime. Why then are we even giving him the opportunity to apply for it every five years, why get his hopes up?

If he is smart enough he won't have hope just the way that Charlie Manson doesn't have it. He knows he won't parole ever and actually makes quite a joke about the parole hearing.

Sirhan Sirhan should do the same and not get his hopes up. California actually does this to thousands of lifers who aren't famous or infamous for their crimes, who were never originially sentenced to death as in the cases of Manson & Sirhan.

As far as it being quite a burden to carry, we can only hope he has enough conscience to know what he did was wrong. This man obsessed with with Kennedy until he killed him, they found journals of his writings about how he wanted him death. So we don't know if it has even been a burden for him. Maybe for a normal human being yes...but to an obsessed man maybe it was his truimph!!! We can't call it a burden.

As far as not remembering I certainly would not think that is an argument for parole. He originally asked for life in prison in lieu of the death penalty. I believe he got what he wanted.

FriscoLady · #20 03-18-2011, 07:02 AM

I have stayed out of this thread, and probably should continue to do so.

I was in Berlin when President Kennedy was murdered in Dallas, TX. President Kennedy was a hero too allot of Germans especially Berliners then. He and the United States stood against the Soviet Union and with the strength and courage of the American people kept Berlin and West Germany free. At least that is the way that my Grandparents explained it to the 10 year old I was then.

In 1968 we lived in San Francisco - having immigrated to the U.S. four years before. I was 15 then, yet already very politically aware because of the way my sisters and I were raised.

And Senator Kennedy was the brother of a man that I considered a hero - still do in fact, despite all that I have learned of the President since. Therefore, Senator Kennedy was by association alone a hero of mine - not counting all I knew of what he wanted to do as President of our nation.

So, really what does that have to do with Sirhan Sirhan obtaining parole, nothing I suppose. Other than against all my adult experience with the prison system myself, well I hope he never gets out.

If that is cruel or selfish, I am sorry for that. Yet I still feel that way.

Patti

*Firebrand* · #21 03-20-2011, 10:55 AM

My older brother did time with him on Soledad at some point back in the 1980s.