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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.
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