Convicted assassin Sirhan Sirhan asserts a second gunman killed Robert F. Kennedy . Sirhan was hypno-programmed to fire a gun as a diversion , his attorney says . California 's attorney general says a jury would have convicted him anyway . Kennedy , younger brother of the assassinated U.S. President John F. Kennedy , was shot shortly after midnight on June 5 , 1968 , only moments after the presidential candidate had claimed victory in California 's Democratic primary election . Comment:
Convicted assassin Sirhan Sirhan asserts a second gunman killed Robert F. Kennedy . Sirhan was hypno-programmed to fire a gun as a diversion , his attorney says . California 's attorney general says a jury would have convicted him anyway . Comment: