Gov. Newsom, who has cited RFK as his “political hero,' rejected a recommendation from a two-person panel of parole commissioners.
FILE - In this image provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Sirhan Sirhan arrives for a parole hearing on Aug. 27, 2021, in San Diego, Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom has until sometime in January 2022 to allow or block the parole recommendation for Sirhan, who killed Robert F. Kennedy assassin.
Aside from causing Kennedy's then-pregnant wife and 10 children “immeasurable suffering,” Newsom said the slaying “also caused great harm to the American people.” Robert Kennedy, the U.S. senator from New York, was shot moments after he claimed victory in California’s pivotal Democratic presidential primary. Five others were wounded during the assassination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.Sirhan will ask a judge to overturn Newsom’s denial, said his defense attorney, Angela Berry.
Newsom, a Democrat, is seeking reelection this year after handily defeating an effort last year to recall him in mid-term.
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