kim kardashian is putting on her lawyer cap…she says the Menendez brothers should be released from prison.
In an essay for NBC Information Kim wrote… Erik and Lyle Menendez “they are not monsters” and are instead “kind, intelligent, trustworthy men” who should have their life sentences reconsidered.
Los Angeles County District Legal Professional George Gascón announced Thursday, prosecutors are looking into the Menendez brothers’ claims that they were molested by the father they killed, and Gascón will decide whether Erik and Lyle need a new trial or whether they want get a whole new phrase – presumably for manslaughter – that could set them free.
Kim met with Erik and Lyle last month in a prison near San Diego and she said one of the wardens told her they would feel comfortable having the Menendez brothers as neighbors.
Although Kim says Erik and Lyle killing their father shouldn’t be excusable, she says they are products of their experiences and are different people now in their 50s than they were when they killed their parents more than 35 years ago. .
Kim points out that the choice in the Menendez brothers’ second trial in 1995 did not allow for evidence that José Menéndez allegedly molested her children, and she says Erik and Lyle “were denied a valid second trial and that the exclusion of essential evidence of abuse denied Erik and Lyle the opportunity to fully present their case, further undermining the fairness of their conviction.” .
Kim says… “The trial and punishment these brothers received was more befitting a serial killer than two people who endured years of sexual abuse by the same people they loved and trusted.”
She adds… “I do not consider that spending a lifetime incarcerated was the appropriate punishment for this advanced case. If this crime had been committed and tried now, I think the outcome would have been dramatically different.”
With the Menendez brothers’ case in the spotlight again, Kim says her hope is that their life sentences will be reconsidered.
Final review for Kim… “We owe it to these boys who lost their childhood, who never had the opportunity to be heard, helped or saved.”