Well, their position is that we cannot now retry, sir, him.

That's right. And the court has jurisdiction over it in only issues of a matter of the court's

grace. That proceeding has been exhausted.

This is former Congressman Allert K. Lowenstein speaking with an attorney about how to open

a new investigation into the murder of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

They couldn't reopen Sir Hans' case. He had already been found guilty. They needed another

way in. So they came up with an idea.

To look into circumstances surrounding witnesses and victims.

Yeah. This is not an inquiry into the innocence of guilt of Sir Hans.

Precisely.

The idea was to enlist one of the other shooting victims in the case.

There's a lot of people involved.

Right. The fact that Sir Hans is not raising that doesn't mean it can't be raised by a victim.

And the victim they chose was a guy named Paul Shreid.

The trade testified? Well, he did, yes.

Shreid was a witness in the serious crime. He was also a victim in the offense.

Yeah.

I think the court has a power out. I really do. I think that's a good act.

You're listening to the RFK tapes. I'm Zach Stewart Ponti. And I'm Bill Claber.

When we last left Allard Lohenstein, he had discovered contradictions between Robert Kennedy's autopsy

and the witness accounts from the night of the murder.

After taking his questions to the district attorney and not getting any answers,

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