(Los Angeles Times) Gov. Gavin Newsom - In 1968, Sirhan Sirhan assassinated Sen. Robert F. Kennedy just moments after Kennedy won the California presidential primary. Sirhan also shot and injured five bystanders. Decades later, Sirhan refuses to accept responsibility for the crimes. He has not developed the accountability and insight required to support his safe release into the community. Before the assassination, Sirhan recorded his plans to kill Kennedy, writing, "RFK must die. RFK must be killed. Robert F. Kennedy must be assassinated." In a televised interview in 1989, Sirhan confirmed that he assassinated Kennedy. Incredibly, in the 1990s, Sirhan began dodging responsibility. He claimed he could not remember the crime, then stated he was innocent.
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