Sirhan Sirhan Recommended for Parole

[gooddad409]

@Janet_Miller

Would his dying in prison make Robert Kennedy alive again?

He’s passed the average lifespan of 75 by two years, and is eligible for deportation.

Most likely he won’t be our circus or our elephant for much longer.

No but it would deprive him of the opportunity to kill again.

[Janet_Miller]

Would a population whose majority is young even remember Robert Kennedy or Sirhan Sirhan?

https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/jordan/#:~:text=People%20and%20Society%201%20Population%202%20Nationality%203,growth%20rate%2010%20Birth%20rate%20More%20items...%20

[SixFoot]

@Janet_Miller

Would a population whose majority is young even remember Robert Kennedy or Sirhan Sirhan?

Yes, with the help of their elders.

[Supreme_War_Pig]

@Janet_Miller

Would a population whose majority is young even remember Robert Kennedy or Sirhan Sirhan?

https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/jordan/#:~:text=People%20and%20Society%201%20Population%202%20Nationality%203,growth%20rate%2010%20Birth%20rate%20More%20items...%20

No, they are just names and pictures in a book. For me personally, Sirhan was in prison longer than I have been alive.

[Janet_Miller]

How many 80 year old recidivists are there?

By the time he completed removal proceedings as a non U S citizen whose been convicted of a felony, he may be returning for his burial.

[FloridaYankee]

Let him die in prison. ■■■■ him.

[Janet_Miller]

All 9% of them?

https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/jordan/#:~:text=People%20and%20Society%201%20Population%202%20Nationality%203,growth%20rate%2010%20Birth%20rate%20More%20items...%20

I suppose it’s possible, but not as probable as it would be with less young & more elderly as a population.

Look at Cuban Americans. Many young are no longer voting Conservative as they didn’t flee Castro’s Cuba as did their elders. Even their elders’ recounting life there isn’t necessarily keeping them conservatives:

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/fl-ne-cuban-american-poll-20190131-story.html

[mot1man]

My sentiments exactly.

Anyone that was sentenced to life in prison should face just that. No exceptions.

[SixFoot]

@Janet_Miller

I suppose it’s possible, but not as probable as it would be with less young & more elderly as a population.

I realize people want him free and what I said won’t matter. It’s not like the cheering crowds will be on the news or anything.

[Camp]

Nelson Mandela was 71 when he was released. He accomplished quite a lot after that.

I would prefer that he remains in prison. If the Kennedy children do not object then they should have the deciding opinion.

[margaretms2]

@GrandWazoo

@EternalVigilance

How would history have been altered had RFK lived?

I believe that he would have been elected POTUS. And if so, I think that we would have been out of Vietnam much earlier.

Possibly. I am not so sure. A lot of people on the left thought of RFK as a rank opportunist, and preferred Gene McCarthy as the anti-war candidate. The 1968 DNC would have been a ■■■■■■■■■■ regardless. Plus, the Nixon campaign was pretty next-level; had RKF gotten the nomination, it would have been tough for him to win at that historical moment.

[gooddad409]

@Janet_Miller

How many 80 year old recidivists are there?

By the time he completed removal proceedings as a non U S citizen whose been convicted of a felony, he may be returning for his burial.

How many? No idea. One would be too many.

[gooddad409]

@mot1man

My sentiments exactly.

Anyone that was sentenced to life in prison should face just that. No exceptions.

Yes a great many have taken innocent lives following release.

More grieving families.

[EternalVigilance]

@Supreme_War_Pig

Here’s a thought: you don’t need to have a clownish, rabidly partisan take for every thread.

I’ll concede that I brought up a separate issue and mildly derailed this thread. Point taken.

[Supreme_War_Pig]

@EternalVigilance

@Supreme_War_Pig

Here’s a thought: you don’t need to have a clownish, rabidly partisan take for every thread.

I’ll concede that I brought up a separate issue and mildly derailed this thread. Point taken.

Fair👍

[Supreme_War_Pig]

@margaretms2

@GrandWazoo

@EternalVigilance

How would history have been altered had RFK lived?

I believe that he would have been elected POTUS. And if so, I think that we would have been out of Vietnam much earlier.

Possibly. I am not so sure. A lot of people on the left thought of RFK as a rank opportunist, and preferred Gene McCarthy as the anti-war candidate. The 1968 DNC would have been a ■■■■■■■■■■ regardless. Plus, the Nixon campaign was pretty next-level; had RKF gotten the nomination, it would have been tough for him to win at that historical moment.

Yabut it wouldn’t have been the blow-out ol’ Hubie suffered. Even if he picked up Wallace electors, it was a thumping.

But all in all, I think you are right.

[Mountain_Soldier]

Illegals get free reign in CA. Zarate.

[Samm]

@thinkingman

@Supreme_War_Pig

53 years for a single murder well exceeds the national average length of sentence for the crime.

is someone’s life worth 53 years?

I’m not sure how (or if) it factors in, but Bobby Kennedy was only 43 when he was killed.

[Samm]

@Janet_Miller

How many 80 year old recidivists are there?

By the time he completed removal proceedings as a non U S citizen whose been convicted of a felony, he may be returning for his burial.

There is no obvious reason that he may not live another 20 years.

[Supreme_War_Pig]

@Samm

@thinkingman

@Supreme_War_Pig

53 years for a single murder well exceeds the national average length of sentence for the crime.

is someone’s life worth 53 years?

I’m not sure how (or if) it factors in, but Bobby Kennedy was only 43 when he was killed.

It may have factored into the sentencing; Sirhan was originally sentenced to death. But the heavy sentence was probably mostly due to Kennedy’s stature.