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RFK assassin moves closer to freedom with help of 2 Kennedys

by Julie WatsonBrian Melley
| August 28, 2021 12:03 AM

SAN DIEGO (AP) — California’s parole board voted Friday to free Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin after two of RFK’s sons went against several of their siblings' wishes and 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.

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