Kerry and Christopher Kennedy, the children of Sen. Robert Kennedy, speak out about the possible parole of their father’s convicted assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, in a rare joint television interview with Lee Cowan for CBS SUNDAY MORNING to be broadcast Sunday, Dec. 12 (9:00 AM, ET) on the CBS Television Network and streaming on Paramount+.
Sen. Kennedy was killed on June 6, 1968. Sirhan Sirhan, then 24, was convicted of murder and sentenced to die. His sentence was later commuted to life in
prison. Now, a California parole board has decided Sirhan is no longer a threat to society and has recommended his release. His fate now rests in the hands of California Gov. Gavin Newsom.“Parole is something that you earn. It's not a right that you have,” Kerry Kennedy says. “Sirhan Sirhan killed our father. He also shot five other people that night, five people. He hasn’t apologized, taken responsibility … What would that do to your soul? Wouldn’t you be walking around saying ‘Oh my god, how did this happen? How do I stop this? I’m so sorry. How can I make this up to you?’ None of that.”
“We need to be an advocate for our father. He is not here to advocate for himself,” Christopher Kennedy says. “That’s the legacy he taught us, the notion of duty and honor and what is required of a child, of family, of a country.”
Kerry and Christopher Kennedy talk with Cowan about learning of the shooting, life growing up without their father, and what they want from Sirhan.
“We’ve all been through thousands of hours of therapy, 28-day programs, all sorts of things to, well, recover from the damage and the crime,” Christopher Kennedy says of their father’s murder. “We are living with it every day.”
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