Menendez Brothers' Prison Confession: Choice & Sorrow

Menendez Brothers' Prison Confession: Choice & Sorrow

The most dramatic moments of the day came when the brothers spoke via video feed from prison Lyle was emotional talked about murdering his parents and said it was his choice not to ask for help while his father carried out sexual abuse Lyle said he should have asked for help instead of turning to violence Eric said his role in the murders were criminal and offered profound sorrow and said he owned the tragedy that he and his brother
The judge sided with the brothers Family members of the Menendez brothers and their legal team leaving the courthouse in Van Nuys victorious Redemption is possible Lyle and Eric Menendez re-sentenced by the judge making them eligible now for parole Now we see the pot at the end of the rainbow so to speak We are here today with this result because of Eric and Lyle because they chose to live their lives with clarity and a purpose of

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But what was it like in the courtroom Oh gosh it was so tense I mean it was you Well first it was like dead silent I mean when they spoke it was Lyle first and then Eric And of course what was really weird is Eric's feed died like a few minutes into can you imagine we wait 30 5 years to make this plea for freedom and your video feed dies so then they reestablished it but yeah Lyle spoke first very emotional and you know first it was very silent and then you could hear the family reacting to his emotion and he you know he said things like: I chose to you know to shoot to murder my parents and to lie after and to you know carry on and conspire and try to get other people to lie for me and keep the family secret meaning you know the claims that they were abused they were sexual abuse And he said I kept that secret Even in my parents' death I wanted to keep that secret I didn't want to expose it It was still honoring my father's memory or something to that effect And Eric because I think he was broken up by that technical difficulty it was a little bit more straightforward But the judge saying he was really swayed by Department of Corrections letters What a day