Sirhan Lives
Title
Sirhan Lives
Subject
RFK Assassination
Description
Convicted in April 1969 of the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, Palestinian-American Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death. In 1972, the California Supreme Court, the The People of the State of California vs. Robert Page Anderson, prohibited the use of capital punishment in the state of California on the basis of cruel and unusual punishment. This button is inscribed with the words, “Sirhan Lives,” noting the commuting of his sentence in 1972 to life imprisonment.
Creator
unknown
Source
Roz Payne
Publisher
Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Date
1972
Format
Button
Type
Physical Object
Collection
Citation
unknown, “Sirhan Lives ,” Roz Payne Sixties Archive, accessed April 2, 2025, https://rozsixties.unl.edu/items/show/243.