The RFK Assassination: You Be the Judge (6/4/08)

Two defendants to a murder charge face trial. Their names are Shooter A and Shooter B. The trial produces the following facts:

1. Shooter A and Shooter B do not know one another.
2. There is no evidence they made any agreement to commit the crime.
3. Both Shooters were found with guns at the scene of the crime.
4. The public coroner testifies that the fatal shot to the victim was point-blank to the back of his head next to the right ear.
5. The coroner also testifies that the victim was struck with three other bullets, also at close range from behind and to the right.
6. Twelve eyewitnesses say that Shooter A was at all times to the victim’s left and in front of him and was never within two feet of him.
7. Shooter B admits that he was immediately to the victim’s right and behind him.
8. Shooter A was grabbed by another person after firing two shots, after which he fired aimlessly.
9. Including the fatal shot, there were thirteen bullets accounted for by investigators.
10. Shooter A had a gun that held eight bullets.
11. Shooter B had a gun that held nine bullets.
12. The guns were nearly alike.
13. No one has matched Shooter A’s gun positively to the victim’s bullets.
14. No one has ever checked Shooter B’s gun to see whether it matches the bullets.
What is your verdict?
Here is what happened in to the two shooters regarding the real-life incident 40 years ago: Shooter A was actually convicted of first-degree murder and now resides at Corcoran State Prison in California. He has spent 39 years in prison.
Shooter B was never considered a suspect by the authorities and now lives in the Philippines.
Who are they?
Shooter A is Sirhan Sirhan.
Shooter B is Thane Eugene Cesar, a security guard.
The victim was Senator Robert Kennedy, candidate for President of the United States.
Why does it matter? →