A California review board on Wednesday denied parole to Sirhan Sirhan, the Palestinian refugee serving a life sentence for assassinating U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in 1968.

Sirhan was denied parole for another three years by a panel of California parole board members, who said he was not suitable for release. The decision marks a change from a different panel’s conclusion two years ago that the 78-year-old should be paroled.

That decision was overruled by California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, and Sirhan sued, saying the governor’s action was illegal. It was not immediately clear what impact Wednesday’s ruling would have on the lawsuit.

[Presumably it won’t moot it, but it likely was going nowhere anyway. Newsom had the authority to overrule the decision. Sirhan is where he belongs. — Ed]