Los Angeles County (Los Angeles)
LOS ANGELES — Judge William C. Ryan overturned Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision last year denying parole to an Armenian man who shot and killed the consul general of the Republic of Turkey in 1982.
The petitioner, Harry Sassounian, was 19 when he killed Kemal Arikan, who was stopped at a red light on the way to work. In re: Sassounian, BH013172 (Los Angeles Sup. Ct., Filed Aug. 14, 2020). Sassounian said he was happy about th... (continued)