Why does JFK's assassination get so much more attention than RFK's?

[Andrew Mason]

The actual Forensic evidence proves Sirhan couldn't have fired the shots that killed RFK.

It's not speculation that there was more than one shooter. There's proof.

Prosecutors withheld the autopsy report from Sirhan’s defense lawyers until six weeks into the trial, showing that Kennedy had been shot at point-blank range from behind.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2018/06/05/did-l-a-police-and-prosecutors-bungle-the-bobby-kennedy-assassination/

He also couldn't have fired more than 8 shots yet there's evidence that as many as 13 shots were fired...

RFK was not hit in the head by the first bullet.  Paul Schrade was.  And he has always maintained that he was shot by Sirhan.  Lately, Schrade has come to believe that there was another shooter who killed RFK.   I am not sure what that is based on but if it is based on what happened after the first shot, Schrade was not in the best position to know.  He was hit in the head by the first shot and immediately collapsed on the floor. 

The idea that Sirhan who approached RFK from the front could not have shot fired the bullet that entered behind RFK's right ear is not very persuasive.  There was a lot of commotion when he started firing and heads and bodies no doubt changed relative positions and orientations.  Sirhan unloaded his .22 handgun injuring several others as well as RFK. 

No one can make a credible claim that Sirhan did not fire shots.  But it has been suggested that he may have been hypnotized by his conspirators.  I don't doubt that Sirhan would have been in a bit of a detached mental state - that would almost be necessary in order for him to have done what he admitted to doing.  But to assert without evidence that he was hypnotized and programmed to do the assassination is fanciful.

[Jon Banks]

RFK was not hit in the head by the first bullet.  Paul Schrade was.  And he has always maintained that he was shot by Sirhan.  Lately, Schrade has come to believe that there was another shooter who killed RFK.   I am not sure what that is based on but if it is based on what happened after the first shot, Schrade was not in the best position to know.  He was hit in the head by the first shot and immediately collapsed on the floor. 

The idea that Sirhan who approached RFK from the front could not have shot fired the bullet that entered behind RFK's right ear is not very persuasive.  There was a lot of commotion when he started firing and heads and bodies no doubt changed relative positions and orientations.  Sirhan unloaded his .22 handgun injuring several others as well as RFK. 

No one can make a credible claim that Sirhan did not fire shots.  But it has been suggested that he may have been hypnotized by his conspirators.  I don't doubt that Sirhan would have been in a bit of a detached mental state - that would almost be necessary in order for him to have done what he admitted to doing.  But to assert without evidence that he was hypnotized and programmed to do the assassination is fanciful.

There wasn’t a single witness who described Sirhan as being in position to shoot RFK at point-blank from behind. It wasn’t possible. He never got close enough to him.

Schrade might’ve been hit by Sirhan’s shots as he was standing behind RFK.

Clearly Sirhan fired his pistol but if he was under hypnosis at the time of the murder then that also proves a conspiracy. He was described as being in a trance at the time when he was arrested and still has no memory of shooting RFK.

[Gary Smith]

On the surface, RFK's murder seems like more of an open and shut case due to his assassin being arrested, prosecuted, and found Guilty.

But the evidence pointing to a Conspiracy seems far more convincing.

- Based on audio and the FBI's reports, there were more than 8 shots fired. At least 13 shots based on an audio recording.
- Sirhan never got close enough to RFK to have fired the fatal head shot from behind his ear
- Dozens of witnesses saw Sirhan accompanied by an unidentified young woman and a man on the night of RFK's murder and at several places, including shooting ranges, days prior to the murder
- Sirhan is easily hypnotized and showed signs of hypnosis the night of RFK's murder. He also has no memory of shooting RFK

Given brief overview above, why is it that there is significantly less attention paid to the RFK assassination compared to the JFK assassination?

Because JFK was the President of the United States!

That beats the heck out of a junior Senator from NY who was still the underdog to get the Demo nomination in '68, even after winning the Cali primary. Humphrey had entered the race too late to get on the primary ballots, but he had the full backing of the party insiders and was still considered the favorite to ultimately win the Demo nomination over RFK.