Sirhan Sirhan, The Man Behind Robert Kennedy’s Assassination

Born on March 19, 1944, in Palestine, Sirhan Sirhan was a boy that had the opportunity to spend most of his teenage and adult life living in the United States. He was raised a Christian and Jordanian citizenship was his birthright. When his family made the move to the United States when he was 12 years old he got to experience life in New York and California where he graduated from Pasadena City College.

As an educated adult, Sirhan spent time exploring his faith. His identifications changed as time progressed. He went on to be Baptist Seventh Day Adventist then eventually joined the occult. This occult was run by Rosicrucian’s. Which is defined as, “A worldwide brotherhood claiming to possess esoteric wisdom handed down from ancient times.”  (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Rosicrucians)

Sirhan Sirhan was loyal to his home country, a stable worker, heavily religious and a member of an occult that believes to possess a power no other human on earth is worthy of. A recipe for a murderer that was motivated to act after disapproving Robert Kennedy’s stance on the Six-Day War which supported the Israeli side.

Sirhan was initially given the death penalty in 1969 then his sentence changed in 1972 to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole. He fought lengthy court battles that included claims of not guilty, diminished capacity and 14 rejected parole requests.

In his most recent attempt of parole in 2011, a claim was made by Sirhan that his occult or another political organization brainwashed him into acting on Kennedy’s life or the possibility that he was not the lone gunman. He now expresses remorse and claims to have no memory of his actions or legal proceedings. However, everything said in that last sentence could simply be a result of spending decades in prison. So, you be the decider if there is any truth to his claims or if fabricating a conspiracy is Sirhan’s only chance of being a free man in the remainder of his life.

Sources:

Goldman, Russell. “Assassin’s Lawyer Says Sirhan Sirhan Was Brainwashed,” ABC News, ABC             News Network. 1 Mar. 2011. http://abcnews.go.com/US/robert-kennedys-killer-sirhan-      sirhan-brainwashed/story?id=13029050

Melton, John Gordon. “Rosircucian.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.,             1 Feb. 2018, www.britannica.com/topic/Rosicrucians.

“Sirhan Sirhan.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 19 May 2015,           https://www.biography.com/people/sirhan-sirhan

-Paige Siewert