Trials: The Sirhan Verdict

The victim was one of the most arresting personalities of his time, world-famous while still young, striving for the ultimate in political power. Into his path stepped a pathetic young man whose only claim to recognition was the misery of his life. Suddenly, with a horrified nation as witness, yet another of America's most promising leaders was gunned down. The obscure assassin became the center of attention for investigators, lawyers, psychiatrists. Much of the trial became an exploration of Sirhan Bishara Sirhan's fantasy-ridden mind and how that mind led him to commit...

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