Sirhan Sirhan Denied Parole For 14th Time

See Brad Johnson's 2009 CNN BackStory report on the Pruszynski recording of the sounds of the gunshots in the Bobby Kennedy murder

Convicted RFK assassin denied parole
By Michael Martinez, CNN
March 3, 2011 4:26 p.m. EST

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/03/03/california.sirhan.parole.hearing/index.ht...

Coalinga, California (CNN) -- A California state panel on Wednesday denied parole for Sirhan B. Sirhan, saying the convicted assassin of Robert F. Kennedy hasn't demonstrated an understanding of the "magnitude" of his crimes.
Commissioner Mike Prizmich of the California Board of Parole Hearings told Sirhan that he failed to meet the state's criteria for suitability for parole by blaming others for his problems, behaving immaturely and not seeking enough self-help programs.
In response, Sirhan sought to interrupt Prizmich, who admonished the inmate. Prizmich, however, said Sirhan would be eligible for parole again in five years.
"At this hearing, you're interrupting me time and time again, demonstrating a lack of control and impulsivity," Prizmich told Sirhan.
Sirhan made his first appearance before a California parole board since 2000, supported by two psychologists' reports saying he no longer poses a threat to society, his attorney said.
Wednesday marked Sirhan's 14th parole hearing, held in the Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga, California, which is 200 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles.
Members of the Kennedy family and their representatives didn't attend the meeting, nor did they return messages or e-mails seeking a comment prior to the hearing.
Sirhan was convicted of killing Kennedy and wounding five other people in the shooting in the kitchen pantry of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles in 1968. The hotel was later razed and a public school now occupies the site.

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Defense lawyer William Pepper said he became Sirhan's pro bono attorney in the fall of 2007 after he learned of the results of an audio analysis conducted on a sound track of the Kennedy shooting. The audio recording, made 40 feet away from the crime scene by free-lance newspaper reporter Stanislaw Pruszynski, is the only known recording of the gunshots in that June 1968 assassination.
Pepper said he believes the Pruszynski recording is evidence showing that there was a second gun firing in addition to Sirhan's Iver-Johnson handgun. The tape was uncovered in 2004 by CNN's Brad Johnson, who had the recording independently examined by two audio analysts, Spence Whitehead in Atlanta, Georgia, and Philip Van Praag in Tucson, Arizona. Johnson reported on their separate findings for CNN's Backstory in June 2009.

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[sidrahsiddiqui]

@CentristFiascox3 i m talkin about a new trial, not the same case with the same verdict,

[Ricku571]

The guy kills a world leader and we're supposed to be all good with that? I don't think so, he should have been put to death when they sentenced him originally for the death penalty. The piece of shit is still alive...now he wants more? No way!!!

[sidrahsiddiqui]

Please reopen Robert F. Kennedy's assassination case. This is the demand of justice and demand of all the peace-loving people from all over the world. He meant a lot not just to the Americans, but the history has shown, he meant a lot more to many nations facing military conflicts, especially those involving the American troops, and to us as well. Don't make us another Vietnam. (from Pakistan)

[TEDOVSKY]

Yes, let the guy go, . . .and drop him into a furnace.

[berguss22]

let the guy go