“I was impressed with the genuineness of Sirhan’s remorse for his role in my father’s shooting,” RFK Jr. wrote for the San Francisco Chronicle. “Sirhan wept, clenched my hands and asked for forgiveness from me, from my siblings and from my mother for his part in the tragedy. At 77, he seems gentle, humble, kindhearted, frail and harmless.”
“I also hope that the governor will consider the overwhelming evidence that Sirhan is not my father’s killer,” the 2024 hopeful wrote at the time, adding that Schrade had persuaded him to read Los Angeles County coroner Thomas Noguchi‘s autopsy report as well as listen to audio recordings.