Government,
Criminal
Aug. 27, 2021
Other DAs upbraid LA’s Gascón for neutrality on Sirhan parole
“The parole board’s sole purpose is to objectively determine whether someone is suitable for release. If someone is the same person that committed an atrocious crime, that person will correctly not be found suitable for release,” said Alex Bastian, special adviser to LA County DA George Gascón.
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón is remaining neutral on whether the assassin of U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy should be paroled on Friday.
Several fellow district attorneys have criticized Gascón's decision not to oppose parole for Sirhan Sirhan, convicted and sentenced to death in 1969 for killing Kennedy and shooting five other people.
Other district attorneys disagree with ...
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