Sirhan Sirhan seeks parole with no opposition from prosecutors
Sirhan was arrested at the scene of Kennedy’s shooting in Los Angeles on June 5, 1968, convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death for the assassination of a U.S. senator who appeared headed for the Democratic presidential nomination. The assassination, along with that of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. two months earlier, created a turning point in American history with the sudden elimination of the charismatic leaders of the American civil rights movement and the Democratic Party.
When California eliminated the death penalty, Sirhan’s sentence was reduced to life with the possibility of parole. And now Sirhan, who has been incarcerated for 53 years, may benefit from a new push among progressive prosecutors to seek the release, or not oppose the release, of convicts who have served decades behind bars, no longer pose a threat to society and will be costly to treat medically in their later years.
Newly elected Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón told The Washington Post shortly before his inauguration in December that he was creating a sentencing review unit to revisit the cases of about 20,000 prisoners for possible re-sentencing, analyzing both the fairness of long sentences and the cost savings for releasing low-risk or older inmates. Gascón issued a directive that his office’s “default policy” would be not to attend parole hearings and to submit letters supporting the release of some inmates who had served their mandatory minimums, while also assisting victims and victim advocates at parole hearings if requested.
In Sirhan’s case, Gascón’s office is remaining neutral. The office said it will not attend the parole hearing, as Los Angeles prosecutors have done historically, but it also will not send a letter in support of Sirhan’s parole.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/08/25/sirhan-parole-hearing/
He needs to stay in prison.
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You really need to think about this. Criminal justice is not simply a factor of how old might be the perpetrator. I find this constant refrain dismally depressing-- as if criminal justice is set by how bored we are now that enough time has passed? 
Sirhan Sirhan in March 2011. (AP)
of the brutishness that still pervades the American zeitgeist.
Out of the 49 independent states in Europe, only Belarus and Russia still have it on the books. The rest have completely abolished it.
The US is on par with brutal dictatorships like Iran, North Korea, and Saudi Arabia (plus many more) and also quasi-totalitarian state governments like China in its continued use.
More serious than a mere 40 characters could ever achieve.
We wish you well, actually!!!! 
in California 50 years ago have been released on parole?
Of course.
I believe society is at an inflection point in this regard, though; and assuming liberal principles and ideals mostly prevail, justice will also. No great hopes for improvement in human fallibilities, of course, certainly not in this era, but I have real hope that with advances in forensic science, much better ability to monitor authorities, and greater assimilation of minorities and women into all levels of society, convicting innocents will be far less possible in the future. Already is. And society's standards, expectations, and levels of acceptance will continue to rise with new norms.
