The assassin Sirhan Sirhan, who killed the American presidential candidate and Senator Robert F. Kennedy with three shots in the summer of 1968, is fighting against the decision of the California governor Gavin Newsom not to release him from prison, contrary to the recommendations of the parole board.
No evidence of public danger
Newsom had once again refused release in January on the grounds that the 78-year-old posed a danger to the public.
As Sirhan's attorney Angela Berry has now argued, the Democratic governor has presented no evidence of the alleged danger posed by her client.
In doing so, Newsom violated the Pacific State's laws, which require a suspended sentence in cases like Sirhan's.
Politically motivated assassination
The son of Palestinian immigrants fatally injured Kennedy 54 years ago after an election appearance in the kitchen of the Hotel Ambassador in Los Angeles.
The 42-year-old Democratic presidential candidate, a younger brother of President John F. Kennedy, who was also assassinated, died a day later.
Sirhan has repeatedly testified that he has no memory of the shooting in the hotel kitchen.
Investigators discovered documents in the apartment of the then 24-year-old that pointed to a political motive.
Sirhan is said to have resented Kennedy's pro-Israel statements.