Judge Hands Menendez Brothers Big Win in Resentencing Bid

[quote] They believe they should have faced lesser charges than the first-degree murders for which they were convicted in 1996. If the court agrees, the brothers could be allowed to walk free.

I hope so.

They've served plenty of time and should be allowed to move on with their lives.

There was no self-defense, they planned it ahead of time

Not to mention, they were both legal adults at the time of the murder.

Why do liberals glorify and sympathize with murderers/violent criminals so much?

[QUOTE]Why do liberals glorify and sympathize with murderers/violent criminals so much?

Why do MAGAts glorify and sympathize with murderers like Stephen Miller and Donald Trump who consign people, many innocent, to violent torture, death, or sale into slavery without due process in violent foreign dictatorships, one of which is an avowed Islamic state? Please tell us dear clairvoyant swami at r4?

Wedding bells will be ringing soon!

Just in time for the Emmy nominating period!

They are never getting out.

R4, why do you make excuses for the Jan. 6 rioters? And Neo Nazis

Come back, r4, and regale us more with your desires and deepest fantasies.

Your fantasy life must be so full of kink that the biggest PNP players cannot even imagine what goes on through your perverted head.

Ewww @the one on the left!

Is his prison dentist from that African tribe that chisels their teeth?

These two are psychopaths. Leave it to California to royally fuck up.

R4 seems to have been rendered speechless.

And my new life as a heterosexual woman begins!

They’re gonna get out and murder Rosie.

R12, and yet the states with the most crime are mostly red states...

I think we all know who r4 is. One of his most common terms in his replies:

[Quote] far-left "woke" progressives/feminazis

He’s here to provoke people because he’s desperate for attention. So, instead of taking the bait, just put him on ignore like I just did. He’ll hate that.

I'd like to see them released but imagine how devastating it will be for them if they're not.

Perhaps they shouldn’t have shotgunned their parents followed immediately by a spending spree, r18.

R19 they were only 18, victims of sexual abuse, and have served over 30 years. It’s time for them to come home.

Erik was 18, but Lyle was 21

[quote]It’s time for them to come home.

Dear fucking god.

[QUOTE]It’s time for them to come home.

Do you mean Ireland, Rosie?

No, they don’t deserve to get out.

Happy for them. It's been 35 years. They've served enough time.

They were 18 and 21 when it happened. Their father was allegedly abusive. They've been in there for 35 years and have been well behaved. If the point of prison is reform, then maybe it's time.

Allegedly would be the key word there. Lyle tried to bribe an ex-girlfriend to say that Jose had tried to rape her. Based on something he saw in the movie At Close Range

The fact that this happened on the same day Cooper Koch’s CK campaign dropped is camp.

Mawnsters!

[quote]Allegedly would be the key word there. Lyle tried to bribe an ex-girlfriend to say that Jose had tried to rape her.

Except the claims of SA didn't just come from the guys. None of this explains Roy Rosselló from Menudo claiming that their father did the same thing to him.

Their parents did not deserve to die like that and the boys did deserve to go to prison but if their father was not a great person and their mother covered for him then it stands to reason that their kids would have been screwed up as well. That includes, doing anything you can to try and manipulate your ex-girlfriends at 20 to help you get off (including, in one case, on the advice of your lawyer.)

So you're allowed to bribe people to commit perjury if you were abused? Okay.

Why would they need to bribe people to say Jose was an abuser if there was so much evidence?

Why didn't Roy Rossello come forward when they were on trial in the 90s, knowing full well they could have received the death penalty?

If Jose was into little boys...why did he continually cheat on his wife with grown women? 🤔

You're twisting my words intentionally. I'm not saying bribery is justified. I'm saying you have to look at the why behind desperate behavior from someone who was, at that point, a traumatized 20-year-old on trial for his life, being guided (badly) by legal counsel. None of that makes the action okay, but it does put it in psychological context, especially if you're trying to assess someone’s potential for rehabilitation, which is the point of parole hearings.

As for “why bribe someone if there was so much evidence?” That’s not how trauma disclosures work. Abuse victims often try to supplement what they think won't be “enough” for people to believe them. Especially in the '90s, when the general public was even less inclined to believe male victims of SA... particularly rich, privileged-seeming ones who'd just murdered their parents.

And about Roy Rosselló, people don’t disclose abuse on your preferred schedule. Especially not when they’re part of an internationally famous boy band with their own trauma, NDAs, and career implications. He didn’t owe them anything. It’s not suspicious that he waited; it’s typical of survivor behavior.

This doesn’t erase what the brothers did. It just complicates the narrative, which is the whole point of post-conviction relief or reconsideration. If we still believe in rehabilitation and context, then after 35 years of good behavior, it’s fair to consider parole not because they’re innocent, but because justice is allowed to have layers.

[quote]Happy for them. It's been 35 years. They've served enough time.

Tell you what, R25. They can go free on the condition they get their parents to testify at the parole hearings

If ever 2 assholes needed to rot in prison its those 2 . They were old enough to get the fuck out and build their lives elsewhere but then there goes the mansion and cars and nice lifestyle huh ? The fact their mother survived the initial shooting and they finished her off is the most horrifying part . I hope someone shivs both their asses before they get out.

They never mentioned any sexual abuse to anyone until it was advantageous.

A grown man regularly anally raping a small child would have caused rips and tears that would have required medical treatment.

I don't doubt that the parents were awful but it's no excuse for what they did.

[QUOTE] A grown man regularly anally raping a small child would have caused rips and tears that would have required medical treatment.

That’s what happened with Sylvester.

Also r4 -

*Trump's Approval Sinks into the 30s*

[quote]FYI: Trump and MAGA are not going anywhere.

[quote]You guys can keep on wishing and hoping for their demise, but what's going to happen is going to happen.

[quote]Everything's fixed and you can't change it.

They are no longer the hotness, so they can stay in jail.

How many threads do we have to have on these two?

They sho is ugly.

Nothing says go on a fabulous spending spree in Las Vegas with your parents credit cards by shooting them dead first

One of them turned out bald and the other one turned out gay so I can't imagine a better reason for two sons to kill their parents.

Just because Trump is a cheating lying narcissistic destructive asshole it doesn't give Democrats politicians the right to wealthy greedy hypocrites.

Why do you think Eric is gay, R42?

He's married to a woman.

This is bullshit, they are spoiled brats that planned and murdered their parents for money. The fuckers ran out of bullets, went out to the car, reloaded and returned to make sure to kill their mother.

To R38 and R45 are totally correct, and as a Moderate to Liberal Democrat from Southern California, let them rot in jail.

Governor Newsome is never going to let them out now, let them wait until they serve 50 years.

Even if they can justify killing their Dad, they can never justify killing their mom.