Robert F.Kennedy’s assassin to say he doesn’t remember 1968 shooting
March 2nd, 2011 - 6:08 pm ICT by ANICalifornia (US), Mar. 2 (ANI): A lawyer representing Sirhan Sirhan, the assassin of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, has said that his client plans to present new evidence at a parole board hearing suggesting that he did not act alone, was potentially brain washed and cannot remember anything about the 43-year-old shooting.
“There is no question he was hypno-programmed.He was set up. He was used. He was manipulated,” lawyer William F. Pepper told ABCNews.com.
Sirhan will appear before a California parole board on Wednesday for the 14th time since his May 1969 sentencing. It is the first time he will be represented by Pepper.
Taking a page from the conspiracies that have dogged the assassination of Robert Kennedy’s brother, President John F.Kennedy, Pepper plans to introduce new evidence that suggests there was a second gunman who fatally shot Robert in the kitchen of a Los Angeles hotel, following his victory in the 1968 California presidential primary.
Pepper said he believes Sirhan was “hypno-programmed,” essentially brainwashed to kill Kennedy and his memories were then erased.
The lawyer’s tale has all the makings of a great conspiracy theory, if not a science fiction thriller akin to the “Manchurian Candidate.”
“Ten independent witnesses say Sirhan was always in front of Bobby, never behind him,” said Pepper, “but the autopsy says Bobby was shot at close range from behind the right ear.”
Pepper says he believes he knows who ordered Sirhan to shoot Kennedy, but won’t yet say who it is. He said in addition to the parole hearing, he is preparing an appeal.
Pepper said Sirhan is “remorseful” for his role in the 1968 assassination of Kennedy, but the gunman “does not remember anything about the shooting.”
The image of Sirhan sitting in a California prison cell in 2011 regretting a crime he does not remember does not jibe with a defiant Sirhan sitting a California courtroom in 1969.
At his trial 42 years ago, Sirhan confessed to the crime and declared he had committed it “with 20 years of malice aforethought.”
Members of Kennedy’s family declined to comment on Pepper’s findings. (ANI)
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