The history of what the Menendez brothers called “lie and deception” slows down their free bidding
In a new trial against the Menendez Brothers, the Los Angeles County kills their parents. Atti. Nathan Hochman cites a question that has plagued the defendants since the early days of the case.
This is what we know based on time coverage:
“Lie and Deception”
Hochman cites the “lie and deception” patterns described before and during the court hearing, including the changing version of the Menendez Brothers surrounding the murder.
The brothers mentioned that their parents were targets of the mafia and asked a friend to claim that Jose Menendez raped her and did not initially mention what they were talking about was the history of the father’s sexual abuse.
“Erik and Lyle Menendez talk about five different versions that happened,” Hockman said.
Their new attempt at freedom is to support their claims of sexual abuse based on what the defendants say.
Personal protection Petition on behalf of brothers In 2023, a letter sent from Erik Menendez to his cousin was cited in the Los Angeles County Superior Court that he had been abused to his teenage years and was cited by another man, Roy Roy Rosselló filed charges,,,,, Said he was raped when Jose Menendez was a teenager.
Hackman said Friday that the court should deny the petition for habeas protection rather than granting a new trial to the brothers because murder is a matter of conviction rather than a sexual abuse charge.
He cites statements from defense attorneys at the initial trial, who said sexual abuse was not a reason for murder. He said the brothers needed to force their parents to kill them due to the revelation of sexual abuse, because the killing was considered self-defense.
Legal Analysis
The door is still being reviewed based on rehabilitation, former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani said. Hockman said he will revisit hatred in the “next weeks.”
“But, given that Hockman talks in detail about the lies of the Menandes brothers, I don’t think it’s likely,” Rachmani said. “Although Hockman said he didn’t make the decision to resent, read tea, I guess he would object.”
In 1989, the killing of Jose and Kitty Menendez at home in the family Beverly Hills, and subsequent highly publicized experiments sparked documentaries, films and more recently in TV series on Netflix, which have attracted public interest decades later in the case.
Defense attorney Louis Shapiro said the news made it clear that Hockman “will not entertain the weak arguments of Netflix observers.”
“He said they followed the law pure and simple,” Shapiro said. “His manner and tone tells you that he has no sympathy for the cause of the Menendez brothers.”
background
In 1989, Erik and Lyle Menendez bought a pair of shotguns with cash, walked into their Beverly Hills home and watched in the family living room. The parents were opened during the movie. Jose Menendez was hit five times, including the back of the head, Kitty Menendez climbed to the floor and injured, and the brothers reloaded And drove the last fatal explosion.
Police initially speculated that according to the horrible scene, the killing was the mafia’s hit. The brothers were charged with murder after Erik, then 18, killed at his therapist in March 1990.
During the trial, prosecutors argued that the brothers’ motivation for killing their parents was rooted in greed, centered on their connections to their parents’ multi-million dollar estate. The brothers’ defense lawyers countered that years of violent sexual abuse by his father proved that killing was a form of self-defense before the shooting.
The first trial ended with a jury for each brother. In the second, restricting allegations of abuse and support for testimony, Lyle and Eric Menendez were convicted of first-degree murder in March 1996.
reaction
A group of brothers who supported the release said in a statement Friday that they were “deeply disappointed” [Hochman’s] The rhetoric effectively tear down new evidence and discredit the trauma they experienced. ”
The Justice of Erik and Lyle Coalition, founded by the brothers’ relatives, blew up Hawkman’s comments and said the Supreme Prosecutor put the brothers’ charges aside.
“There is no abuse in the vacuum,” the group said in a statement. “Saying it has no effect in the actions of Erik and Lyle is to ignore decades of psychological research and basic Human understanding.”
What’s next
Now, the next big decision is the focus of whether the brothers can be emotional.
Gov. Gavin Newsom said he did not make a leniency decision on the murder ruling until Hochman reviewed the case.
