Menendez brothers set to be resentenced for murder of parents

[danielonds]

BREAKING: Prosecutors recommend resentencing Erik and Lyle Menendez in 1989 killings of their parents https://t.co/h9HEjkQjuz
- The Associated Press (@AP) October 24, 2024
Lyle Menendez, 56, and his 53-year-old brother Erik are serving life in prison without parole for the shotgun murders of their father and mother - Jose and Kitty Menendez - in 1989

Comments

[ladychips]

my mom is all annoyed because she thinks theyre just getting this because someone saw a documentary and she doesnt think that people should be convicted or released based on popularity and such. im like who do you think should be in their place? and she had no answer, just kept ranting about how this is not how the law should work, the law should be blind, etc and so on. basically anything i said was not to her satisfaction because it was people being swayed by popular opinion via media, rme

[nigelwitthebrie]

This is why I think some people (like your mom) get sucked into Q-anon theories cuz the cold hard facts ain’t enough.

[ahkna]

That's absolutely how the law works. Public attention brings public pressure. Public pressure makes public figures act.

[fantastiche]

They've served more than enough time given what was done to them by their parents, but your mother is not completely wrong about the popularity thing. There are plenty of other people sitting in gaol who were convicted of crimes they didn't commit, and they're never going to see this kind of attention or be freed. I know some non-celebrity cases are re-examined later and people are exonerated, but certainly not enough.

[ginainabottle]

it’s probably just a mom thing tho since they did kill theirs after all