Could New Evidence Lead To Another Trial For The Menendez Brothers? | Megyn Kelly TODAY
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- Robert Rand, a journalist who wrote the book “The Menendez Murders,” joins Megyn Kelly TODAY with new evidence that could potentially lead to another trial for Erik and Lyle Menendez.
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Could New Evidence Lead To Another Trial For The Menendez Brothers? | Megyn Kelly TODAY
this is a sexist case. If the brothers were sisters claiming abuse, they would have gotten national empathy and probably gotten a minuscule sentence
Give it a rest. They just ran their second trial poorly. The guy even mentioned in the video.
Michael Ponzini they didn’t run it poorly. The judge dismissed any abuse evidence.
Wow! You may be right. The womens movement gave women the courage to stand up and denounce their abusers. Support groups at ground roots level were formed by and for women at that time. We really didnt see men coming forwarf until the 80s
That is not even true; look up the case of Gypsy Rose...the court doesn’t ever have sympathy for abuse
Agreed
Why didn’t they come forward? For the same reason most women dont come forward right away when they are abused. Double standard much?
Its hard for both men and women to come forward about abuse especially men when it is done by their twisted father
They didn't come forward because they committed cold blooded murder!
Marcus Waters Amen my brother, you said ir right.
R W Shut up!!
Bless you.Even if you come forward..as I did..if your parent is an elite pedophile..the survivor gets labeled.
My dad got away with abusing three year olds for over thirty years.
My heart aches to know if their are victims..the dead..among the survivors
It's tragic at the time the media in the US publicly mocked these two men - refusing to consider that boys could be abused by their father. There was and is a clear gender bias to sexual abuse. Let's hope there is a retrial.
Ikr!! There was so much proof! The judge was biased! The boys dads company was caught for child pornography and even their cousin came to defend the two!!
Actually, I remember the media seemingly believe them, because that's the impression I was left with (I was in middle school at the time, so my opinions were almost entirely formed by the media itself). What I do recall though, was whether that was viewed as justification for murder or not. The spending spree after the murders really sank them, because it made it seem like, yeah, the abuse was probably bad, but it wasn't bad enough until greed came into play as well.
It's not so much gender bias, but that people form their own conclusions and will stubbornly defend those conclusions to the death. Every time someone gets busted for a crime, we immediately take sides despite no exposure to evidence. It's the same with these brothers: in one camp are those who feel they're guilty of manslaughter, and in the other camp are those who only see rich spoiled brats who wanted money. Trying to convince one camp to change their minds is almost impossible.
Please see my comment above about paternity.
How does any of that excuse murder? There are millions of more severely abused children in this world and they don’t commit murder!!
they should be free, I said what I said.
I think they should've gotten 20 years at most.
I agree what they did was wrong but can you really blame them and I think they done enough time for there action because there parents weren’t innocent and idc what anyone has to say they deserve better
Keep saying it bc a LOT of people agree.
Everybody is saying it....
I agree...They should be freed...There have been cases of repeated molesters Raping and killing kids..They got in and out of jail...
These men should get justice and be free..I believe their story...I believe they was molested by the father...
Today we hear so many cases of stepfathers or even mothers allowing their baby’s to be sexual abused...
We didn’t want to believe that 30/40/50 years ago that this things was happening?...
All people have to do is look up the history of the black Americans and how sexually and brutally many of them..Especially kids was abused and killed...
It’s time to free these men!
Megan is such a bad interviewer, it's like she's accusing him of lying.
They r
💯💯💯
@@sasukeuchiha4814 I mean, you could be ignorant enough to not think. 🤔
@@naomibee8881 I mean they could have went to the police instead of committing a murder🤔🤔
@@sasukeuchiha4814 It’s the system that allows these abuses in the first place. Why would ANY abuse victim trust this system to keep them safe?! That’s just ridiculous. And ignorant to treat the murders like a one night incident when a lifetime of torture beginning as early as two years old preceded it? Please. What a disgusting display of injustice. And what about politics?; OJ Simpson?; Media portrayals?. Disgusting. That kind of abuse on children would not fall on the victims today. This case is SO SEXIST.
I believe them, I really hope they get out of jail soon. Of course they committed a crime but they've in jail for 30 yrs, let them live their lives now.
Self-defense isn't a crime.
I don't believe they committed a crime. The system committed the crime in not getting to the bottom of this case. The victims are in prison.
Let them out and live in peace and have fun and go find Jesus.
@@kevinearp2008 Yes i agree 100% the judge in the second "Trial" if you can possibly call it that disallowed the crucial testimonies relating to the wicked, evil and monstrous atrocities carried out on them by the father and their pathetic mother that should have protected her sons from that monster, it occurs to me that the only victims here are the 2 Menendez brothers that have been crucified by a proven corrupt and twisted judicial system that has violated their every human right by changing the rules to secure the conviction they wanted, that is not justice in my eyes it is corruption & lies and they deserve a final trial were they should be released and the judge from the second trial should be put in prison for going against everything regarding real justice, i personally think the parents deserved what they got for what they did to their children
Let them go, they are not a danger to the public.
I believe that they deserve a 2nd chance...child abuse is horrific...
Agreed.
They are liars
It didn't happen...
@@rajs7876 they are not
@@theguyinchains7777 please explain how you *know* this to be the case.
Unless you are a survivor of incest or sexual assault you have no clue. I was abused buy my grandfather and 2 uncles. I was afraid to speak up because I was afraid of who would take care of my grandmother, and that my 18 aunts and uncles and 25+ cousins at the time would hate me. So I suffered for years. Had horrible relationships. You just can't understand until you have been there.
I’m so sorry, that you went through that. Sending love ❤️ 💕❤️
I am so sorry that happened to you.
sending love. i hope you are alright + your light has shone through such darkness x
Sorry you went through that but you should be offended these two are lying about it. They were spoiled greedy killers.
Is it all true tho? Think about something like that before you accuse someone of that.... you will ruin lives forever!
I think they telling the truth.
Notice how their story has never changed!
not to mention if they where dumb enough to get caught, but apparently smart enough to come up with such a complex story. explain that to me. also if their testimonys where fake, i personally believe they weren’t, they’re great actors and didn’t stutter or mess up their story once.
@@ameliafarted also how there is pictures of them being taken naked by there father. Being threatened to be killed. Not to mention a six year old wil NOT make up their dad touching them. There is to much evidence ignored do to gender and amount of money that had. They had expected there life to be perfect because they had money.
@@agentwalrus3446 exactly!! people think they can act out trauma and tears of pain. some people say they planted evidence before the killing, like sure, they popped out of the womb as cold killers and have been planting fake evidence since the age of 6. okay, like that makes sense
@@ameliafarted also we need to be like friends because I bet we can both go days and days about talking about this case. I mean I can
@@agentwalrus3446 PLEASE MY FRIENDS ARE SO SICK OF ME RANTING ABOUT THIS CASE BAHAHA
Their childhood was enough of a sentence for them!!
Where is Kim Kardashian, she should push to grant them clemency.
exactly.
LOL x2
Lol give her a break shes getting her law degree.
busy copying kylie's makeup line rn
🤣
They have done their time let them out.
The fact that family members testified on behalf of the Menendez brothers instead of the parents says so much… It’s time for them to be released
One did. Probably got promised cash
@@rajs7876 One family members testified AGAINST the brothers, everyone else testified on their behalf
@@rajs7876bs their cousin was close to them she stayed at their house for a while why you shade people to suit your opinions
The second judge definitely made up his own mind and didn't allow the abuse evidence to be presented. Shameful because it was a big part of their defense.
It was the same judge in both trials. :-(
Hazel Thornton do you think the judge was bought and paid for?
I'm not Hazel but the judge was a former prosecutor who had tried and lost a very similar case in the past. He was also the judge who presided over the Rodney King trial, which ended in the acquittals that sparked riots.
The abuse claims were not removed from evidence out of spite. They were taken off the table when Lyle Menendez refused to take the stand when recordings of him boasting about his performance on the first trial were going to be entered into evidence into the second trial. He didn't want to be cross examined. But because the abuse claims were contingent on his direct testimony, his refusal to testify made them moot.
What he and Erik wanted in the second trial was for their taped testimonies from the first trial to be entered into evidence so that they wouldn't have to testify.
This wasn't a case of Stanley Weisberg being prejudiced or corrupt. And the sentencing guidelines were proper and just. Especially where it relates to the mother. You don't go out to your car to reload your weapon after you just pumped six shotgun bullets into your mother and then claim self defense.
@@jstephenj There are no recordings that damage Lyle's credibility. The Norma Novelli tapes were ruled upon and the judge felt that there was nothing of significance on them. Martha Shelton, who claimed to have a tape of Lyle saying. "We snowed half the country, now we have to snow the other half", later admitted that it was a lie, orchestrated by Dominick Dunne, who paid her to lie in his Vanity Fair articles on the case: nypost.com/2004/05/14/she-says-he-dunne-her-wrong/?fbclid=IwAR0eg47yN2XAArzMNJuFBFGe7rS4ajpQIh8rSV3Q8yzRQPgRWXUBClV1Fxc
The judge didn't allow most of the defense witnesses to testify until the penalty phase to determine sentencing in the second trial. The judge and the DA's Office were desperate for a conviction and there was a political agenda involved.
This idea that "well if you were being abused why didn't you tell anyone huh? HUH?" is so facepalm inducing.
IKR
They are lying about sexual abuse
@@rajs7876 they are NOT LYING - you're flaunting your extreme ignorance and you don't even know it
I hate the way she is interviewing him. You can tell what she thinks thats for sure!
They lived a hard life, they were in survival mode to where people really don't understand, they deserve to be free
They were adults and living in wealth their whole life! A hard life would be a child who has nothing such as food and shelter! These murderers wanted money and didn't want to work for it! They were not molested! They lied! Wake up!! Privileged little white boys still have people trying to get them out!
@@freddiegrace3770 here we go with people bringing up race for everything
@@freddiegrace3770 They didn't choose the life they were born into. No amount of wealth and privilege can take the place of unconditional love.
"The family outside these two boys strongly denies this."
That is entirely untrue. Two aunts (one from the mother's side and one from the father's) support them; a paternal cousin testified Erik Menendez had told him, two cousins from the mother's side believe them, and a third tesiftified for them at trial. The father's mother and his other sister did not want to believe the allegations, but still supported the boys by attending the trials; the aunt also testified for them.
I know right! Sheesh. What is she on
momjeans78, verbal testimony is seen as evidence in most trials. And there was far more than testimony to back up the abuse.
Alli Muller I don’t get it I mean I believe their story but will it get them less sentences ? I feel sorry for them after embarrassing themselves about them being molest story they still get such long sentences .
The mom (menendez brothers' grandma) also abused the father so there was definitely a cycle.
Megyn Kelly is a total POS.
Megyn Kelly is so passive aggressive towards her guest and almost accuses him of lying. bad interview
I agree!
What? Did we watch the same interview? There is some CYA taking place with the "we haven't yet listened to the tapes" and use it the word "alleged", but that's par for the course with something like this, not evidence of her personal bias..
Jeez.
She has to ask in such a way so that he is able to give his facts and opinions...shes old school not the new type where they don't know what to ask
Megyn Kelly is a total POS.
@@mackhomie6 It's her tone.
I don’t think sexual abuse or spousal abuse was give the same weight in court back then as it is today. They suffered terrible abuse at the hand of their father while there mother turned a blind eye. I believe if they were tried today instead of 30 years ago they would have been charged with man slaughter at best. What was done to them by their father was unthinkable and I for one hope they get a new trial.
youre absolutely right. me too
I believe them they especially shot there mom more than their dad i think becuz she didnt protect them so they were extremely angry and hurt at her for not protecting them
You don't know if it's true? U sick libtard
@@loriormsby1873 also, she would totally stand by Jose and help murder the children she resented
It still doesn’t a victim is always assumed guilty
My heart aches for those brothers. I believe they were molested by the very person who was suppose to love them. Don't believe for a second it was because of greed. Maybe they think they deserved money because of everything they went through. I just hope they get the help they need and find peace.
Agree. It is one thing to get molested, but to be molested by a father seems like the ultimate betrayal.
I don't remember if the battered women's syndrome had been established, although, it has never been given the weight it was intended in actual court cases, but these two fit the criteria. It was pretty clear that their father was a brutal, sociopath, and I believed the brothers' testimonies
I think the problem was not even that they lied about it, it was the spending sprees COMBINED with the lies, and they killed both parents, although their mother was not exactly mother of the year. Also, if those 2 were cut loose back then, I think they would have ended up
causing harm to themselves and others. You can't murder your parents, or anyone, with a shotgun, and expect the mindset they had developed to be encapsulated and not affect their whole lives. I hope they get released either way. They've served enough time, and I think have used it to understand themselves and their crime.
SM Potts, California had a battered women's defense then but the judge wouldn't let them use it. He said it didn't apply to them because they were men.
@@Milkdudpuff DISGUSTING!!!
One guy was in Princeton.they were 18 and 21 adults pretty much ….. it was premeditated murder…. You can’t go to the authorities specially the older brother that is not at home anymore ? Don’t believe it. Those roommates probably lied to the reporter but in court I’d they lie they will be accused of perjury
I played tennis with Erik at the same club, at that time his dad was tough on him, Eric was good enough to make it in the big league, What a shame for everyone.
Bruh stop the cap
I believe you bro😉
Erik*😅😉
Erik*
He's a murderous liar
I don't like the way Megan Kelly treats guests in such condescending manners. Like this dude has more education, works with more real people than you, is trying to get the story out, yet you act like this?
Shes asking in such a way so that he is aboe to give all the details necessary...
Megyn Kelly is a total POS.
I don’t understand whats with some basic TV hosts thinking their knowledge would be above those who spent years of their life studying and researching like that guy.
Unlike her
Things like sexual abuse wasn’t talked about as much in the 80s. I hope the boys will finally have a chance for a new trial. 🙏
That was the 90ths
it might not have been talked about but it was the hottest decade for it. all those kids were raised by the free love movement generation.
@@hugemuscletube8582 It happened in 1989...so the eighties into the nineties.
Megyn is such a biased interviewer, it's infuriating.
I think you need to gain a better understanding about types of interviews and their purpose. She didn't set out to cross-examine this guy--the point of the piece is to say "this is what this guy has to say about this case." While I believe she often demonstrates problematic bias, that wasn't the case here. What exactly were you expecting her to do here? She did a surprisingly good job, as I see it.
Right she is !!
I think she's a good interviewer what's wrong with asking tough questions?.
She seems aggressive.
The problem is shes asking questions to create controversy about a subject she obviously never researched and doesn't understand.
Greed is a powerful motivator. But honestly I believe these brothers were abused. Killing both parents in the prime of there life for an insurance payout seems far fetched. They have served almost 30 years. It's time to let them go free.
poonusmarrr absolutely not a few months earlier sending letters to cousins or mentoring to roommates. That’s call premeditated!
There has been a few cases where a parent killed their kid for insurance, so it’s not far fetched.
Agree with all that you said, but my question is,,, they were 18 and 21. Why didn't they both just move out and get their own cribs? They certainly had enough money.
@@goodmorningsundaymorning4533 When you go through abuse of that level, you don't think clearly. Your abuser has a very strong power over you and make you feel like you can't do anything. Additionally, that money was not their own. It was their father's money. Their father was extremely rich and powerful, and that probably led to fears of their father finding them.
@@goodmorningsundaymorning4533 their psychological maturity was of 8 to 10 year olds as the psychologists testified. Moreover one of the brothers actually tried running away prior but was hunted down by the father who threatened him. Plus I feel people asking them if they could've ran or moved out is just as insensitive as it sounds like victim blaming. If there has been a female survivor,no one would dare to ask her such things. That should apply to make victims too I guess.
My heart breaks for them. I hope they get out soon.
I believe that they were abused and horribly controlled to the point that they just wanted their parents dead.
They need to be set free! The Evidence was overwhelming that they were abused sexually physically emotionally their whole lives
I agree, they need to be free.
They do!
if what they are saying is true I think that they served their time.
I think that this is proof of how- if a human is abused or mistreated, especially by their own parents, they will be mentally unwell and hurt others. I think it’s time for a retrial.
While it is true that abusers were often abused children, the converse is not true. Most sbused children grow up to be champions of the downtrodden i.e. ACLU lawyers, social workers, human rights activists, child advocates, therapists, etc.
Not everyone who is abused by their parents go on to become abusers.
Seeing them both talk about their sexual abuse from their father and reacting to each other’s stories of the abuse you can tell through their body language and overall emotional reaction that they’re not lying or faking it and are being 100% truthful about the sexual abuse, sentence was incorrect the brothers have more than served their jail time by now and should be let free
Lol you buy their crocodile tears
@@rajs7876 oh, PLEASE go watch the trial footage - that is not acting AT ALL and you clearly either a) have no clue about the lifelong psychological impacts of such abuse or b) are in deep, deep denial of something similar you may have experienced and are working hard to repress...
Terrible interviewer. Does not know how to ask questions without sounding biased.
wow it is crazy to think how different the outcome would have been if this happened in 2018. No way they get 1st degree with no chance of parole
I don’t think they should have been sent to prison. The parents were the guilty ones.
Right, they killed their parents to ensure they wouldnt get kicked out of a will. They lied about what happened, went on a shopping spree and they should have been left alone after murdering their parents. Wow so they should be judge and jury oh and benefactors too!
Lola - I fully agree with you. They did not want to loose life style they loved, they needed their parents money so they murdered them and then went for a shopping spree.
get an education honey. Lose is not the same as loose.
Lola Lopez, they were already cut from the will prior to the killings and they knew that. Their uncle, who was the executor of the estate, confirmed this at both trials. They had accounts that their father had set up for them that had money deposited into them each month. Spending money was not new to them and they did not buy anything without their uncle's approval.
They had to at least do a sentence for manslaughter (20 yeasr) you can't just let people get away with murder, no matter what the circumstances.
THEY DESERVE TO BE FREE.
I absolutely believe them!!! They deserve to get out. They’ve been in 30 years!! If this was women, there wouldn’t have been a trial like this. So sad
The family denies their abuse? At their first trial Erik's lawyer called 51 family and friends to testify about the abuse. They all now say they're lying? I really cannot stand so-called "journalist" that so blatantly disrespectfully to people opposing their views. Even if you don't agree, you should give your audience a sliver of a chance to form their own opinion.
I think the uncles (their mother's brothers) were the only ones who denied the abuse. They wanted money from the estate, since Kitty died after Jose, they thought they should get what was left of the estate if the brothers were convicted.
@@Muirmaiden correct - everyone else said something that corroborated that there was severe dysfunction in the family
LET. Them. Out.
NO
@@Milly_27 YES
My mother was a horrible mother but on the outside was perfect and charming. Once my mother passed away I called each of her sisters that was still alive and told them how abused I was and nobody believed me! Not even her own family my own family. Thankfully they are all dead now on both sides. we were told within an inch of our lives to never speak of what happens inside the house outside the house so we didn't. In 2004 my brother committed suicide but I was too tough and I outlived my mother! I had more balls than all the men in my family! She came close but I was not going to allow her to break me however she did take every ounce of self-esteem I ever could have had and I ran away to marry at 23 a shredded human being. You don't recover well from that any kind of abuse and my brother was 10 years older than me and he molested me. My dad was my hero and he wasn't treated very well by my mother either but he stayed because of me I was his princess daughter!
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I agree and they shouldn't have even interviewed this man before all the facts are known...Highly doubt this is legit and that the Menendez brothers will ever be free...
The documentary Menendez + Menudo Boys betrayed shows how much justice has failed these brothers and the menudo boys. It's sickening and heartbreaking at the same time.
When Lyle said he doesn't know when it's going to happen, that is also how Tyler Perry described his sexual abuse as a child. Like the same way Joyce Meyer described it.
Relies the poor guys I believe them and 30 years is enough for punishment 😭🙏
Sexual abuse in children damages them on so many levels. It is like a bomb going off deep underground. They are changed forever. The trauma is so horrific caused deliberately and sadistically by a dependent parent whom their survival depends upon, in this case 'Jose Menendez - their Father. Eric the younger of the two brothers described his father as "brutal, painful and torturous'. He was a dominant man who expected perfection. He had a powerful presence and they were afraid of him. What has happened in this case is 'the money' piece (their wealth) has got in the way of the truth and motive and the labels such as 'spoilt rich kids' has stuck. The focus on rolex watches and fast cars is irrelevant and distracted too many truths behind it. Money buys the toys in this world over, they had it , it was not new to them, they had grown up with it, it's very different and was not motive. When you strip away the money and look at the facts we see it clear. When these men spoke in Court they were like 'children' boys who were still stuck in the terror of what their father did to them, the outrage, the injustice of it and the pain and damage that had done. They were still stuck inside 'frozen in trauma' and the betrayal. They were unable to articulate because 'like younger boys' they once were being abused with no protection from those who should have protected them. They had been sexually exploited when young onwards, their outside appearance did not match their inside appearance. Inside they were those young boys in pain and shock. Their mother - Kitty Menendez they describe as a 'woman in pain who was an alcoholic and suicidal' and how she was an 'enabler'., she did not protect these men as boys when they were children and she knew it was said their whole lives what he was doing to them but would not let 'anything ruin the family'. Many powerful people have a public personality and a private personality (even poor people money aside) their father - Jose Menendez did. Sexual abuse is done in secret, where no one sees so no one tells all over the world. Who was going to believe them? They had to live up to such high ideals for their father and the appearance of the family mattered greatly to all - including Kitty Menendez who denied her two son's reality and that her husband was physically, emotionally and sexually abusing them. She has been described by Lyle Menendez as being 'emotionally battered' by him herself. Deception was at the heart of this family.
THIS JOURNALIST IS OBJECTIVE AND NOBEL 👍🏽
💜 Bless this man 💜
Did they put that black woman behind the man on purpose? Man, she is super beautiful
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@@louorlando3198 gain some respect quick
Free Menendez Brothers
*exonerate
Free the Menéndez Brothers 🙏 they have paid for their crime & they have suffered enough.
Let them out !!!
I believe there story...
I believe what happend to them was true...
They deserve to be free
The retrial had the same judge who changed rules and gutted the defence removed a bunch of family witnesses and told the jury they couldn't consider fear as a motive
I hope they get a new trial .. the evidence is clear in their face smh
Erik’s Letter to Andy has been around for years and years. It was in the Elm Drive House but was not allowed in court to support their case. Whilst what they did was outrageous and clearly wrong I believe them!
How was it "clearly wrong"? Self-defense isn't a crime.
In most states there's no duty to retreat from your own home. If you're kidnapped you can wait until the kidnapper falls asleep to use lethal force. Being born into it is worse.
The letter from Erik to Andy Cano was never introduced during either trial or at any evidence hearing. A few sentences were shown in a TV special a couple years ago but the show incorrectly said the judge would not allow the letter into court. The entire letter gives you a much deeper picture of this troubled family including a section about the brothers' mother, Kitty Menendez.
It was in the Elm Drive House? It was from Erik to Andy, not the other way around... There was never such letter, it was just a fake strategy to find new evidence which is probably the only way for the brothers to have a chance to get an appeal.
@@ricardzubimendi7152 Since the letter waa never introduced at either trial, how could it be used as part of the defense strategy? And it was found among Andy's possessions
People don’t know or remember the times. Those women on the jury that saw this for what it was, are very smart and technically ahead of their time *knowing* these testimonies were/are truth. Smart women. Sexual abuse was the testimony of almost everyone that knew them! Very unfair trials.
Imagine if it was two sisters doing this!!
Philip Collin that’s interesting to think about
They would not still be in jail
just watched the law & order series about erik and lyle... incredible, how a society can destroy 2 innocent young men... and the role of the judge - with all the politics in the background - is outrageous... blessings on erik & lyle... may their case be taken up again and justice be served.
I wasnt even born when this trial happened but this is awful for someone to have to go through. No one should have to experience that from their parents.
Free the bothers!!
When is comes to testifying people get scared I just went through something at work . They chicken out if they only knew their testimony is so so important.
Megyn : "Well, uh, we don't know what the truth is in this case." Well, uh, yes we do Megyn.
The abuse wasn’t proven in the second trial which convicted the brothers.
The evidence wasn’t allowed to be shown in the second trial and some of the jurors said later after they got the information that if they heard that during the trial they wouldn’t have convicted them of first degree murder.
This has put a very deep dent on my heart. If this was only brought up again to be shamed and discredited and pushed away, that’s truly screwed. #mentoo to give hope and shed light on a topic that just might be put down by another judge is ridiculous these men were the victims they were supposed to be the survivors and yes they did murder their parents but there are far worse people in this world who have gotten away with so much more! They have served almost 30 years in prison some people might say that’s not enough and some people might say that was most of their lifetime. This topic of the Menendez brothers always makes me so emotional it is unfair to not be able to do anything about it Destroys my heart.
It's time to let them out!! They have paid for what they did and they understand that it was wrong. But they have not changed their story once in 28 years!! They endured horrific abuse and should be let out!! #letthebrothersout
Another trial yes !! after all a life sentence was an exaggerated decision !! I mean they were molested come on !!
Eriks filing for appeal this year !
@@elenaflores7687 really? where did u hear this
Very handsome brothers. Hope they can get out n try live their lives with family / wife...
Even though I find this case fascinating I still find it hard to believe.
Sarah Hayman same. I feel horrible but something just doesn’t feel right about it.
HORRIFIC is what these boys experienced everyday.
Self defense is not muder !!!
RELEASE THEM TO THEIR FAMILIES.
they served enough time...let them go
WHY TF are they still in prison?? PARDON THEM NOW!!
They will never get out because the DA will not admit they were wrong. Period. And that's really sad and messed up.
Hang on so they have proof that this was real and they haven't re-opened the trial.... Why?
They both look so good, handsome. I never watched their trial but I heard they bought expensive cars and such. I judged them on that. Now I am hearing about this trial and I feel terrible I thought they were guilty. I only hope they get out soon. Should never have been imprisoned in the first place. I cannot believe this happened over 30 yrs ago.
"They both look so good, handsome." -- Chloe Wilson
And that folks, has been the Menendez defense brigade in a nutshell for quite some time.
@@jstephenj yeah that bothers me. What does looks have anything to do with guilt or innocence?
Stop sexualizing them, Chloe.
@@jstephenj I mean that isn't the defense though
The telling to roommates about abuse, seven months before the murders, could've been part of their plan. The letter could also have been a part of the plan. However, the cousin saying he was told when they were little boys tells me the abuse happened. I definitely think they deserve a new trial with all evidence allowed.
I don't think telling the roommates about the abuse was part of the plan. Lyle only told Donovan Goodreau about the abuse after Donovan revealed to Lyle his own molestation. Lyle became extremely emotionally distraught upon hearing this and only then revealed to Donovan that he had been molested by his father. That doesn't sound like a preconceived plan to tell them.
I believe these men have done their time. Give them a chance !!
Would have been different if it were the Menendez sisters.
Oh, are we gonna fall back on Robert Rand meme #112?
i think its really disgusting that people automatically think they just wanted money. how many stories have been unearthed about child abuse that made people's jaws drop in disbelief? those negative reactions is exactly why people (kids or adults) dont speak up. no one argued whether or not they killed them. the real argument was the punishment they deserved. they did not deserve life without parole. we lock them up forever but let people walk freely for killing their own toddlers.... smh
What’s crazy is that candy montgomery claimed self defence for killing a women with an axe, hitting her 41 times and she got off
“Killed them for the family fortune,” no that’s not true they killed them because they were abused for there whole life and they wanted it to stop
Free these men! Sexual abuse is something nobody would understand unless they have been through that. It’s a deep pain I wish nobody would ever endure but unfortunately it’s common in all societies of life.
These two have been through enough, free them already! I can’t believe how unfair their trial was, and I remember how everyone would call them cold blooded sociopathic murderers. They were molested for years by their father and mother! Megan Kelly is so rude! I wish this man wouldn’t have given her the time of day, but I guess he’s doing it for the Menendez brothers. God bless his heart.
How could abuse be inadmissible? It was the reason it all happened?
I Believe Them.
I honestly do too. Watching the documentary, the one thing that stood out in my head the most was the cousins testimony. That letter perfectly corresponds with that story. Also Megyn Kelly is abysmal.
Me too
I hate that people always say “ why didn’t you tell anyone “ it’s not easy especially when they are two young boys nobody every believe it and their father had money so he could’ve gotten himself out of it easily, when your in a abusive environment nothing is easy to do you feel stuck and lost
I think the sexual abuse, coupled with the fact that after all the emotional and physical abuse their dad was going to cut them out of his will was the breaking point for them. They snapped.
Her audience looks dead 😂
They killed a MONSTER!!! It was hard for them to confide in anyone because first, it was appalling and shameful especially since the abuser was their father. As for the spending, it symbolized rebellion and victory at the same time because they have finally defeated the monster and its accomplice.
The first red flag of their being abused that finally surfaced was when the stole something worth thousands from a neighbour. They deserve a new trial.
Honestly, if this were to happen in today’s time I feel like they would’ve gotten a lighter sentence, followed by counseling. As for their actions after the murders retail therapy is completely expected of people of their social status. I’m still torn, because the trail is so raw, but for the second trail to dismiss past abuse is kinda ridiculous, it plays a huge part if it is legitimate.
They would already be out of prison if this happened here in Australia. America is extremely harsh with punishments and while my country does need to get tougher on some crime sentences life in prison here is 25 yrs not till you die, in a small number cases some are in till they die but they are mass killers, serial killers or cop killers. These brothers would have probably maybe have gotten 10 yrs if it happened here. Regardless they have done enough time let them out!
lol no. will the parents to get to wake up back up, come out of their graves, and restart their lives? NO. these are likely dangerous murderers and there is no saying that they wouldn't do it again. why put the rest of the public at risk? of course I dont know all the facts, I just stumbled on this case. they claim they were abused; in my mind, it doesnt excuse the killings but I could see it being justified for a lighter sentence than life but honestly they killed the mom too.... and she didnt even directly abuse them, if what they're saying is true. it all fits into the narrative of them killing the parents strictly for money. anyway norway has among the lightest sentences in the world and their recitivism rate is very low so who knows maybe that would be a better model but implementation in the US may not translate as smoothly
Yeah you get to be a serial killer and still get out of prison and have a life. How good of the aussie's!
Yeah, they can come live with you. Good luck👍😀
megan frey, why would they live with anyone other than their wives? They also had no history of violent behavior prior to killing their parents.
Carrie Bizz Betty Broderick is clear case. They wont let her out in second board hearing for parole. She in her 70s already.
Thank you Robert. For never giving up on this long journey for the truth and to see justice done.
And why were they intentionally separated by law enforcement? They are a devoted pair. At least let them comfort each other.
If they were abused then release them
Set them free
THEY SHOULD BE FREE!!!!
please please file an appeal now and give the brothers a fair trial
The purpose of punishment should be to either have facilities within the prison system that support the learning of inmates and bring them out of crime by offering alternatives or to protect society from certain individuals incapable of being reformed. A murder is a murder but the murder of an innocent person is not the same as the murder of a child molester. People who murder innocent people are a threat to the society but people who murder their abusers after living a crime free life are not a threat to everybody. There was a similar case of Russian sisters who murdered their parents because they had endures decades of sexual assault from them. One of them had tried committing suicide and was saved before they committed the crime. Their neighbors had reported the fact that the parents abuse their daughters but due to a lack of sexual abuse legislation within the context of familial relations, they never got apprehended. Child abuse is absolutely horrific.
They were raised in an abusive home with no love. They reacted with no love. Very tragic case.
They are greedy little liars
I hope help can be available for the brothers. They were severely abused and their sentences are UNJUST.
People who ask why you didn't say anything... do NOT understand.