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PAROLE DENIED IN 1982 MURDER OF TURKISH DIPLOMAT IN LOS ANGELES
KESQ, CA
CBS 2, CA
Aug. 31, 2006
LOS ANGELES Parole has been denied for a man convicted in the 1982
murder of a Turkish diplomat in Southern California.
Harry Sassounian's attorney, Mark Geragos, says he's optimistic and
doesn't view today's decision as a setback, saying it's rare for
parole to be granted on the first try.
Turkish Consul General Kemal Arikan was killed January 28th, 1982.
Sassounian was 19 at the time. A second gunman was never caught.
A jail informant testified Sassounian told him he killed the diplomat
as revenge for the deaths of about one-point-five (m) million Armenians
at the hands of Turks late in the 19th and early in the 20th century.
A Los Angeles County district attorney's office spokeswoman says
Sassounian will not be eligible again until 2010.
KESQ, CA
CBS 2, CA
Aug. 31, 2006
LOS ANGELES Parole has been denied for a man convicted in the 1982
murder of a Turkish diplomat in Southern California.
Harry Sassounian's attorney, Mark Geragos, says he's optimistic and
doesn't view today's decision as a setback, saying it's rare for
parole to be granted on the first try.
Turkish Consul General Kemal Arikan was killed January 28th, 1982.
Sassounian was 19 at the time. A second gunman was never caught.
A jail informant testified Sassounian told him he killed the diplomat
as revenge for the deaths of about one-point-five (m) million Armenians
at the hands of Turks late in the 19th and early in the 20th century.
A Los Angeles County district attorney's office spokeswoman says
Sassounian will not be eligible again until 2010.