I am going to recommend that to a court tomorrow.
This was a crime of passion.
Theyre not going to go out and kill random people.
Erik and Lyle Menendez were sentenced to life in prison in the 1990s for murdering their parents.California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation/AP
At their core, theyre good people, Sylvia Bolock, a niece of Jose Menendez, toldRolling Stone.
Bolock had raced to get on a 4 a.m. flight to be present for the DAs announcement.
Im really happy for them.
Its been such a long time since this happened, she said, her suitcase by her side.
Obviously, theyve learned from their mistakes.
There are so many good things theyve done since theyve been in prison.
Investigators found the parents bodies riddled with shotgun wounds amid a horrific, blood-soaked scene.
Prosecutors claimed the boys murdered for greed.
Two juries, one for each brother, deadlocked.
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The habeas petition also included new evidence that wasnt available at the time of the brothers retrial.
Its still happening Andy but its worse for me now, Erik wrote.
I never know when its going to happen and its driving me crazy.
Every night I stay up thinking he might come in.
…Hes warned me 100 times about telling anyone.
Rossello claimed that Jose Menendez, a music executive, had sexually abused him, too.
Speaking to reporters, Geragos said he hopes the brothers will be home in time for Thanksgiving.
Both of them are married to spouses who make a living, both of them are active students.
Lyle is in a masters program.
Erik is in an undergrad program.
And they have family that would support them as well.
Lyle and Erik became staple fixtures ontrue crimeTikTokaccounts, with the majority calling their imprisonment a miscarriage of justice.
The growing public campaign to free the brothers from prison now includes celebrity supporters like Kim Kardashian.
Its important to recognize that both men and women can be victims of sexual abuse, Gascon said.
We have a moral and ethical obligation to review what is being presented to us.
For many years, I struggled [with] what happened in my sisters family.
It was a nightmare none of us could have imagined.
No jury today would issue such a harsh sentence without taking their trauma into account.
They have changed and become better men, despite everything that theyve been through.
We appreciate what they did while they were in prison, he said.
Gascon said he believe the brothers had paid their debt to society.
