Today is Friday, April 17, 2020.

On this day in 1969, Sir Han Bishara Sir Han was convicted of the murder of United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

Many had hoped that the charismatic 42-year-old senator would win the Democratic nomination and become the 37th

president of the United States. But all of those hopes ended when he was

gunned down at the Ambassador Hotel.

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Today we're covering the 1969 conviction of Sir Han Sir Han, the

assassin who shot and killed 42-year-old Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

Let's go back to Los Angeles, California Justice was designed to seat roughly 75 people, but only about a dozen members of the

general public were able to find seats. Over 100 journalists representing

national and regional newspapers crowded in to report on the proceedings.

Still more reporters were relegated to an auxiliary courtroom a few floors below.

There, they were forced to watch the proceedings play out on closed

circuit televisions. But even for those watching the trial from afar, the

tension inside the courthouse was palpified. the was apprehended. Police were worried a vigilante would assassinate him before he could be tried in court.

After all, that was what happened to the man who assassinated Robert's brother, John F. Kennedy.

They were anxious to ensure that Sir Han,

Sir Han did not meet the same fate, and they left nothing to chance. The LA

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