Kim Kardashian is advocating for Erik and Lyle Menendez ‘s life sentences for killing their parents to be reconsidered. After spending time with the brothers, the reality TV personality and criminal justice advocate penned an essay for NBC News where she made the case for them. “We are all products of our experiences.
They shape who we were, who we are, and who we will be. Physiologically and psychologically, time changes us, and I doubt anyone would claim to be the same person they were at 18. I know I’m not!” Kardashian writes in a personal essay .
She continued, “You think you know the story of Lyle and Erik Menendez . I certainly thought I did: In 1989, the brothers, aged 21 and 18, respectively, viciously shot and killed their parents in their Beverly Hills home. In 1996, after two trials, they were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
As is often the case, this story is much more complex than it appears on the surface. Both brothers said they had been sexually, physically and emotionally abused for years by their parents.” The essay comes after L.
A. District Attorney George Gascón said his office was “reviewing” the case and set a hearing for November 29 that could lead to a resentencing or retrial. “The first trial was televised for all to see, and Erik and Lyle’s case became entertainment for the nation, their suffering and stories of abuse ridiculed in skits on Saturday Night Live ,” Kardashian wrote.
“The media tur.
