Yitzhak Rabin’s assassin formally asked prison authorities for permission to marry. Yigal Amir, who is serving a life sentence in solitary confinement in the maximum-security Ayalon Prison, asked authorities Sunday to approve his wedding to Larissa Trimbobbler, a 38-year-old divorcee who met him during visits.
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