{"id":115152,"date":"2024-10-17T10:57:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T03:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115152"},"modified":"2024-10-17T10:57:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T03:57:44","slug":"family-members-plea-for-their-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115152","title":{"rendered":"Family members plea for their release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Family and friends of Lyle and Erik Menendez issued a public plea for the notorious killers to be released after serving more than three decades in prison for fatally shooting their wealthy parents in their Beverly Hills home. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The Menendez brothers case became one of the most sensational criminal trials in decades when the two were arrested in the 1989 deaths of Kitty and Jose Menendez. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Family, friends and an attorney for the brothers gathered on Wednesday in front of a courthouse in Los Angeles to ask for their release, arguing that the boys endured horrific sexual abuse at the hands of their father and are not a threat to society.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">But not every relative wants them released. An attorney for their uncle said the &#8220;cold-blooded&#8221; brothers deserve to stay in jail.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The back and forth comes as the Los Angeles district attorney is examining new evidence in the case about the alleged abuse and whether it could warrant a retrial or allow a lighter sentence.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cIf they were the Menendez sisters, they would not be in custody,\u201d Anna Maria Baralt, Jose Menendez\u2019s niece, said at the packed news conference. \u201cWe have evolved.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Ms Baralt was referring to how male victims of sexual assault were treated and considered by society and the justice system three decades ago, something prosecutors have acknowledged as well. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The brothers went to trial in 1993 and admitted to shooting their parents with a pair of shotguns, but they argued they did so out of self-defence after years of emotional, physical and sexual abuse by their father. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Prosecutors argued the brothers methodically planned their parents&#8217; murder &#8211; as the couple watched TV &#8211; so they could inherit their multimillion estate. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The case went to a retrial after the jury deadlocked. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In the second trial in 1995, much of the evidence relating to the alleged sexual abuse was not allowed to be presented. A jury found both brothers guilty of first-degree murder and they were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">There has been renewed public interest in the murders since a Netflix series depicting the events was released in September. And new possible evidence &#8211; an alleged letter sent by Erik to another family member that details sex abuse by his father. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Kitty Menendez&#8217;s sister, Joan Anderson VanderMolen, was helped to the podium by other family members on Wednesday afternoon to face the throng of media and a handful of supporters. At 92, she said her nephews\u2019 actions were \u201ctragic\u201d.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cThey were just children\u201d who were \u201cbrutalised in the most horrific ways&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">When they stood trial, she argued, \u201cthe whole world wasn\u2019t ready to believe that the boys could be raped, or that young men could be victims of sexual violence&#8221;. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">But today, \u201cwe know better&#8221; and &#8220;a jury today would never deliver such a harsh sentence&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">But a lawyer for Kitty Menendez\u2019s brother, Milton Andersen, said: \u201cThe Menendez brothers\u2019 cold-blooded actions shattered their family and left a trail of grief that has persisted for decades. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;Jose was shot six times, and Kitty was shot ten times, including a shot to her face after Erik reloaded.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Mr Andersen believes his nephews should stay in prison for their &#8220;heinous act&#8221;, said the lawyer, Kathy Cady.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Earlier this month, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n held a news conference announcing his office was re-examining the case and the possibility of one of two scenarios: resentencing the brothers or giving them a retrial. 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