Tag: Robert F. Kennedy

US Officials’ Handling of the Pandemic Is ‘Catastrophic Exercise in Bad Government: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. criticized federal public health officials for their handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that not enough supporting scientific evidence and data have been provided to the public to warrant the various mandates. “You just have one public official who’s never been elected … no scientific citation for any of these mandates,…


California Governor Rejects Parole for Robert F. Kennedy Assassin

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Sirhan Sirhan, who assassinated presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, was denied parole Thursday by California’s governor, who said the killer remains a threat to the public and hasn’t taken responsibility for a crime that altered American history. Kennedy, a U.S. senator from New York, was shot moments after he claimed victory in…


RFK Assassin Moves Closer to Freedom With Help of 2 Kennedys

SAN DIEGO, Calif.—California’s parole board voted on Aug. 27 to free Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin after two of RFK’s sons said they supported releasing him and prosecutors declined to argue he should be kept behind bars. But the governor ultimately will decide if Sirhan Sirhan leaves prison. Douglas Kennedy was a toddler when his father…


Robert F. Kennedy’s Assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, Granted Parole

Sirhan Sirhan, the Palestinian refugee convicted of assassinating U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, was granted release by a California parole board on Friday, state prison officials said. Whether Sirhan, 77, is ultimately freed from prison is now up to the parole board’s legal staff which has 120 days to finalize the decision….


Sirhan Sirhan Up for Parole Again, This Time With No Prosecution Opposition

LOS ANGELES—Sirhan Sirhan, the man convicted of assassinating Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 in Los Angeles, is scheduled to make his 16th bid for parole today, but this time he won’t be facing any opposition from county prosecutors. The 77-year-old Sirhan’s parole hearing is scheduled at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in Otay…