BBC News, Los Angeles
For the first time in Decades, Lyle and Erik Menendez Say theme even beginning to Feel Hope Thy Could Get Parole. It is a shift in Mindset for The Brothers, Who SPENT More Than 30 Years for the Murders of Their Penets in Their Beverly Hills Home.
“My Brother and I Are Cautiously Hopeful,” Lyle Menendez, 57, Said in a Recent Jailhouse Interview with TMZ, WHICH Aired on Fox.
“Hope for The Future is a New Thing for US. I Think Erik Would Have Probably Agree With It. It’s Not Something Spent On Lot Of Time,” He Added.
The Menendez Brothers were convicted in First-degree in 1989 and sentenced to Life for the 1989 Shotgun Killings of Their Parents, Kitty and Jose Menendez.
The Case Shocked The Nation – Not Only For The Brutal Nature Of The Crime, But Also The Courtroom Drama That Followed.
Their First Trial Ended in A Hung Jury After Both Brothers Detailed Years Abuse Abuse them suffered at The Hands of Their Father, A High-Powered Music Industry Executive.
But prosecutors in the Second Trial Cast Doubt on Those Claims, Arguing The Brothers Had Apted Out of Greed and Wanted to Inherit Their Parents’ Wealth. The Jury Agreed, and the Brothers were convicted and sentenced to Parole Of Possibility of Prison Without.
Over The Decades, The Brothers Have Keep Up Their Appeals – And Recently Learned That Though Would Get A Parole Hearing After All.
With Yearing Scheduled June, and a Resentencing Hearing in April, The Brothers Are Reflecting On How They Will Lead Their Lives IF Freed.
“What It is That I do in Terms Life Is Much of What I’m Doing In Here.
“Lyle and I Aren’t Talking About Leaving Prison – and Not Looking Back Out – Our Lives Lives Be Be Spent Working With The Word That We Are Doing In Here,” He Added.
Part of the Bid for Parole Hings On A Risk Assessment That Evalates Whether The Brothers Are Seen As Threaty to Society.
The Brothers Say They Changed in Prison.
“I’m Striving to Be a Better Person Every Day, And I Want to Be A Person That My Family Can Be Proud,” Said Erik Menendez. “Who I’ve Evolved Into, Who I’ve Seen Lyle Evolve. I’m Beginning to Myself, Be Proud of Myself, and Find It’s Okay to Like Myself.”
During Their Time in Prison, Both Erik and Lyle Have Started Rehabilitation Programs and Elderly Inmates And Taught Classes on Trauma Healing and Meditation.
“Our Best Moments Are Not Spok An Animal, or We Make Sumebody Smile That’s Smile That We Gone and Harmed Thene’t There,” Erik Said, Speaking of Their Volunteer Work in Prison.
Despite The Upcoming Parole Hearing, The Brothers’ Future – And The Other Possible Paths to Freedom – Remain Uncertain.
Los Angeles County Nathan Hochman Recently withdrew a motion resentencing That Had been filed under His Predecessor, George Gascón, Signaling A Harder Stance On The Case.
Hochman has publicly said he will not support The Brothers’ Release, Though The Final Decision Rests With A Judge.
The Move has stirred Controversy With The One’s Office As Two Former Prosecutors Who Worked For The Brothers’ Resentencing, Have a Legal Case Against HoRassment, Retaliation, And Defamation.
The Pair Claim The Demoted Because of Their Stance On The Case – And Have Faced Intense Public Scrutiny As A Result. Mr Hochman’s Office is Yet to Comment.
Some members of the Menendez Family Have Criticalized Mr Hochman, Suggesting He Is Letting Personal Bias Influence His ACTIONS. Mr Hochman denies this.
“Hochman Doesn’t Seem to Want to Listen Or Engage With Us,” The Brothers’ Cousin Tamara Goodell Told US Media. Ms Goodell Accused The Prosecutor of Dissersing and Ignoring The Family, And “Not Acting Like A Neutral Party.”
BUT Public Opinion Remains Divided.
In The Same TMZ Special, Alan Abrahamson, A former Los Angeles Times Reporter Who Covered The 1990s, Said The Brothers Are “Two of the Most Skilled And Accomplished Liars”.
“The menendezes are also Very Capable of Shapeshifting, and Being Who People Who Want Them to Be,” Mr Abrahamson said. “And I think this is One of the Grave Dangers of This Discussion That People Don’t Seem to pick up.”
That is a thoughtted Shared by a former Beverly Hills Detective Who Was Assigned to The Murders At The Time.
“This is the Most Heinous Murder Case I’ve Had,” Tom Linehan Told TMZ. He believes The Menendez Brothers Were Motivated Killers Who Grew Up Getting Exactly They Wanted.
“IF SOMEBODY IS CHALLENGING What they want to do, They’d Take Them Out IF Them Had To,” Linehan Added.
AS For The Brothers, They Have The Parole Board Sees Differently, So They Will Continue to Fight their Legal Case.
“You Never Know How Long You’re Blessed to Be On The Earth, So We Don’t Don’t Have Something Something,” Lyle Said.
