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[@wellthisisinteresting4912]

Friendly reminder that if you have not watched the court videos and have not considered the evidence and testimonies presented by the 50+ witnesses, you cannot have a fair opinion about this matter. May you be treated with the same amount of fairness, empathy and consideration as you are showing others.

[@notnataliex]

Best comment out here. Thank you for this.

[@AnnaLeighFW]

👏🏻⚖️

[@AnnaLeighFW]

Ageeed! People are saying ”ThEy KiLLeD tHieR parEnTs ANd dEseRvE tO RoT In pRisOn” whithout concidering all the evidence behind their actions ☹️ Not fair at all.

[@MOOOIOEMA]

Best comment 👌 ❤

[@AfraUsman862]

I am glad to see people like you educated about this case . I feel much relieved. Thanks

[@wellthisisinteresting4912]

35:48 you see so clearly how deeply affected he is by the memory of his mother's abusive outbursts. his mannerism and facial expressions are very similar to that of a child that's confused, helpless and hurt about why the mother would even say something like that. I see it a lot in younger patients in my line of work. very heartbreaking I think Lyle is often portrayed as the more unemotional/ rational one but I think that's very far from the truth. Lyle strikes me as a young man that learned very quickly to adapt his behaviour so that he would not reveal his vulnerability to his abusers. But he is a very astute and emotionally intelligent person, who displays deep hurt and sadness at the things he's experienced and the things he just had to accept as normal for so long, but also he appears to be a deeply caring and protective person. I do believe that a main driving force behind the m*rders, was Lyle feeling like he had to protect his little brother, and the injustice and desperation of it all. I think that he wouldn't have done what he/ they did, if he did not love his brother so much.

[@canwegetmuchhigher729]

It's true. Lyle loved his dad despite the horrible stuff and would NOT have resorted to murder. Plus he was going to leave anyways. But the dad wasn't letting Erik leave and wasn't stopping his abuse. So yeah you're right, Lyle's love and protectiveness for his brother definitely is a contributing factor to all that. I really admire him, yk.

[@Key2myHeartR23]

Their parents failed them then the justice system failed them ⚖️

[@peterlongprong7521]

...and it took over +30 years for our 'courts' to catch up with it, is the real crime.

[@mindypatterson8371]

got that right! that sucks!😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

[@krisztinakiss3555]

Így van😢🙏🇭🇺

[@zaarr10]

actually no lol the justice system worked how it should. murder is murder and it wasnt out of self defense

[@michelekutner4229]

They murdered their parents, but they have done their time..

[@Perspectivesfromtheotherside]

Utterly harrowing. If this occurred 20 years later, Erik and Lyle would have been sent to rehabilitation for the trauma and would NEVER have seen the inside of a prison. They were failed. They had already had their lives robbed and were already damaged by their parents’ abuse and neglect and they lost a future they deserved. They’d better be free soon.

[@sunseeker9581]

Nonsnse. They murdered their parents. That is never ok

[@mollyfrance5583]

they need to be free. they were failed by the justice system.

[@NicoleReign]

@@sunseeker9581never’s a stretch and you know that.

[@vanessaabbas2309]

​@sunseeker9581 The comments like yours absolutely freak me out. You think their dad didn't deserve what he got?

[@mirjammortensen8310]

@@sunseeker9581 It's not a question about whether murder is "okay". It's about taking a closer look at the facts in this case, and ask the question why it happened. Not just viewing it as either black or white

[@oditorres9659]

FREE MENENDEZ BROTHERS 35 YEARS is ENOUGH

[@mindypatterson8371]

I AGREE!

[@emilyhopemeechem4183]

They shouldn’t after they killed their parents

[@inezcardenas7601]

🙏🙏

[@bigshad6342]

THEY DON’T DESERVE TO BE FREE THEY MURDERED THEIR PARENTS

[@drakula3322]

It might be since it was her parents and not a innocent child or member of society that isn't their own

[@ITS_IRIS453]

If gypsy rose can be free they should be freed

[@TimeSkip-AI]

⏱️ Timestamps by TimeSkip ⏱️ 00:00:00 - Introduction to Case 00:02:12 - Judge Presiding and Case Overview 00:03:27 - Charges Against Eric Menendez 00:04:32 - Details of the Affidavit Release 00:05:44 - Continuance and Next Steps 00:12:42 - Discussion of Group Formation 00:15:03 - Conversation About Trust and Betrayal 00:17:20 - Testimony on Connection to Crime 00:20:51 - Conversations with Craig 00:23:22 - Family Dynamics and Tennis 00:24:30 - Pressure from Father 00:33:10 - Childhood Memories and Resentment 00:37:23 - Cruel Coaching Methods 00:38:50 - Jose's Intense Questioning 00:40:03 - Relief After Verdict 00:41:05 - Defense Presentation Impact 00:42:08 - Life Sentences Explained 00:43:21 - Emotional Toll of Verdicts 00:44:52 - Judgment and Public Perception 00:51:44 - Justice Served: Closing Thoughts

[@PatriickIre]

Thanks it was so hard to listen to that judge talk as if she was half asleep or drunk at the start of the video

[@Clintsessentials]

We need some director to make an accurate film about these brothers. The first trial exposes it all!!! No sexualizing them! Just pure facts!!! The new film would shock the world at how Jose treated his own flesh!!!

[@sunseeker9581]

Already been done

[@nonasanders8026]

​@@sunseeker9581if you mean the Netflix Hollywood drama then the answer is no, this was not a true adaptation of their lives and what they went through. It glamerised it, it's shameful and should be removed

[@anaprieto5384]

Is so sad to see who respectful they are and smartest and the judge didn’t value nothing .The defense try a lot . I am very sorry for them. Please now is the time to get them free 🙏🙏

[@mindypatterson8371]

right on!

[@sunseeker9581]

Being smart and rich doesnt mean youre not dangerous

[@tinashaffer8315]

It also doesn't mean you are.

[@christinadickson311]

Hurt people Hurt people

[@MrJohnistheone]

XCOULDNT IF SAID IT BETTER MYSELF ❤

[@mxrl_413]

This was genuinely so hard to watch, the misleading judgment of the two brothers conduct. The justice system was rigd. They need to be released it its been over 34 YEARS!

[@sharla151]

The judge sounds like she’s half asleep

[@amandabr9562]

😂

[@monicadragan6837]

Câți ani aveau frații când au fost judecați? 😢

[@AlmaCoco25]

Drunk

[@mauradoyle2045]

His parents were off their rockers, fruitcakes, and they abused their children. But killing them u go to jail .because it's the flipping law. Then his lovely father, gets away with all the abuse. Great world.

[@plissken94th57]

You’re not wrong, they deserved 20 years, maybe. But life??? No way

[@GeOsmomGina]

Erik, Is extremely soft spoken.

[@AlQuaglieri-d2n]

Really imagine how he looked and pulled that gun towards a human life, his mother. Wonder was there any soft passionate part?

[@GeOsmomGina]

I have never heard a Judge with such an annoying voice until now. It is like a piece of chalk screeching down a blackboard.

[@lovineveryminuetofit1314]

Leave it to you, to have that as your take away here. Smdh

[@brad064]

You'd think the defense's council could pronounce Menendez correctly

[@lovineveryminuetofit1314]

Oh wow! That's your whole take away? Why am I not surprised? This is exactly what you do.

[@doveandpatch]

To be fair, the judge also mispronounced the parents names. Joe-zay and Maria.

[@lunagemz1206]

It's so painful to hear and watch this my heart💔 witnessing their pain behind every question force to relieve the abuse 😭

[@Truestory-zb4vw]

FREE THE Menendez Brothers 2024

[@BêåütïfûlÇhãøsÎRL]

Leslie is a good lawyer. She’s quick. If only the reconsideration of their case was reviewed sooner.

[@vanessaabbas2309]

The people supporting the sentencing should be investigated 👀

[@Idkbrotbh]

Fr !!

[@onceuponanexploration6048]

I think that because their father was in the music business, the media wanted this shut down quick so that the Hollywood atmosphere was never discussed.

[@Idkbrotbh]

@@onceuponanexploration6048damn Hollywood, their dad was a monster.

[@PBX2690]

President Nelson Mandela 27 years in prison now released 1990 please free the Menendez Brothers rest in peace Mr President 🙏❤️💯🇿🇦📣

[@sunseeker9581]

Mandela wasn't a murderer. He was a political prisoner

[@traceyleroux2343]

The lady spoke truth to power back then. These brothers have not just thrived (if that is possible in a grey environment) but they have surpassed almost everyone's expectations. With so many things stacked against them they embody the resilience of the human spirit. This sits deep within them. Seeing so many different painful aspects of their lives unfold, to me is very heartbreaking. The seperation post the trial , abuse is heart wrenching. As a people, to even consider the possibility of not releasing them, seems insanely cruel. I sincerely hope that the brothers aclimatise well once released. That goodness and mercy may follow them all the days of their lives. I am sorry that more was not done sooner for both of you but NOW seems the right time

[@tubingit1856]

This happens when people are innocent. It's their innocence that gives them the stamina to fight onwards.

[@GloriaRodriguez-vy1gk]

Free them🎉🎉🎉

[@navera-i7u]

Eric is often perceived as the shy and emotional one which he is but he's also mature whereas for lyle he may seem dominating and all but he seems to be a softie inside like a scared child. Hope they get their deserved freedom soon

[@Nicoletta13]

The arraignment has always been hard to watch .the judge sounds like she's either had or stroke or she's drunk. The boys looked heavily medicated, especially Erik .😢 Seeing the family support them shouting out their love as the boys walked out. Lyle's little wave 😭😭😭💔

[@bruhiswear]

Why was that judge reading to slow lol i had to watch in 2x speed

[@judychristopher4735]

Yes, what they did was Wrong! But she stating that they killed for ' financial gain' As if she knows that to he the fact. SMH yeah she's a judge but not The JUDGE, Jehovah God, the only one who knows the true motives of anyone's actions including hers.

[@r.a.contreras174]

AMEN. 🙏😇

[@r.a.contreras174]

AMEN. 🙏😇

[@mauradoyle2045]

They have a second chance to be happy after everything that's happened to them. It won't change anything, they were still abused and as a consequence, they murdered both of their parents. Sad that their lives could have been different, one stupid mistake. Bad parents. I hope they make it through to the outside of jail. Then they have to adjust to a life out in the mean cruel unforgiving world, sad again.

[@jaynjaygamers]

they should be free'd it was the parents fault

[@noorfraz7440]

They must be thinking that Jose and Kitty were not human beings like the judge said at the start.

[@giselledelacruz4403]

Who is this judge 😭 she sounds like a joke

[@giselledelacruz4403]

She’s reading off a paper ridiculous

[@susannetaylor9914]

This judge is driving me crazy. I can hardly stand to listen to her.. sounds like she's speaking in slow motion. Irritating.

[@عبود_العنكبوت]

is the judge drunk or js too old? 💀

[@deadonarrivalparanormal981]

After this they started wearing the good boy sweaters..lol

[@oli_woli]

The Menendez brothers never deserves to be sentenced. They were victims of the people who were supposed to protect and love them. They need to be free now.

[@elizabethgonzalez8932]

Free the Menendez Brothers 💙💙💙💙

[@sameerasamarasinghe1061]

Free the Menendez Brothers!!

[@MagaliKarim]

Roy dos Meninos stated that they were abused by their father. Roy lives in Brazil

[@lizzethmancilla5197]

Con el testimonio de Roy Rosselló espero que vuelvan a retomar el caso y los dejen libres , ya han sufrido mucho estos pobres hombres.

[@blendofdays]

Free the Menendez brothers, time served!

[@gugugagaagigi6937]

Release them they are innocent😢

[@marklivers5907]

MOST OF THESE QUESTIONS ARE IRRELEVENT,THEY ARE JUST TAKING THEIR TIME, MONEY MONEY MONEY, THEY KNOW THESE LADS ARE TELLING THE TRUTH, SO WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ARE THEY...PEOPLE NEED TO TAKE NOTE OF THESE IN POWER. ITS ALL BOUT MONEY.THESE LADS MAKE REST OF THEM LOOK IDIOTS,AND THEY KNOW IT

[@EileenWall-q7k]

Wow brothers look so smart Good on them

[@rosarioestrada-dc1io]

Pobres muchachos : ( de verdad lo siento mucho !!!! Les creo y los entiendo totalmente!!!!! ELLOS FUERON VÍCTIMAS DE ABUSOS Y nadie les creyó , en AQUEL TIEMPO 😢 GRACIAS a DIOS 🙏 la JUSTICIA LLEGÓ Y SERÁN LIBERADOS EN NOMBRE DE JESÚS AMEN 🙏

[@inezcardenas7601]

Amèn.. glory a Dios! 🙏🙏

[@TasteTestTitan]

The judge in their arraignment was illiterate.

[@lovineveryminuetofit1314]

Oh and you're not a judge because? I'll wait.....

[@TasteTestTitan]

@@lovineveryminuetofit1314 ah always someone trying to come back with something to say. You must be a fan for the prosecution.

[@inezcardenas7601]

Por Dios .. dejen libres a estos pobres muchachos.. ya an sufrido mucho 😔 Merecen ser felices, y vivir en paz 🙏🙏

[@widedhammoudi6265]

They should be released 😢

[@debbieolson5348]

Love Leslie…Prosecuters and Garcetti were soulless…

[@SweeranSwift]

FREE THEM

[@hmmm78345]

Free them!!

[@munirezelihaozder6217]

stop saying erik mendez fbsbd

[@OutatimeNathan]

I was not expecting to see this many Menendez brothers fans in the comments 🤣 (I don’t have an opinion don’t come after me)

[@Ani-Ani31]

law and order true crime movie is the best one and truth and emitional after what they been tru in that series says that Jose mother did same thing to jose when he was young so he did same to lyle and Eric

[@Barbara-b8y]

Funny how 35 years later when this trial is going to go to a resentencing Leslie Abramson Eric's attorney don't want nothing to do with the case or the boys what does that tell you😅😅

[@supervixen404]

Did you guys not watch the Netflix special yet? Or like… the last few episodes of it??

[@GenAldc]

a lot of it wasn’t true

[@marklivers5907]

I BET THERES A LOT OF JEALOUSY IN THAT ROOMS....THEY TRY SAYING THESE LADS WERE HUNGRY FOR THE MONEY HAHAHA, THATS ONE THING THEY DIDNT NEED, THEY KEEP SAYING THERE SPOILED, FFS SPOILED,BRATS JUST AFTER MONEY , MONEY THEY DONT NEED, ITS THAT THERE EVIDENCE SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST PLAIN CRAZY AND THEY DONT EVEN KNOW THEY ARE

[@BobaMaster-j8i]

free u mh

[@carlosadriano2517]

Liberdade para os irmão Menedez

[@1sachaa]

35:25 💔💔💔

[@stranayadevushka]

They had to taste their dad's stuff! Like cmon

[@venussvictoria]

Erik would eat everything with an absurd amount of lemon, just for the taste go away! 😢

[@iamahorsenut7541]

Where is proof that happened??

[@AlmaCoco25]

That officer had some hairyhairy arms but very bald

[@Gogginsdayz1229]

Killer eyes

[@deadonarrivalparanormal981]

Anyone defending these two must have some kind of evidence that you couldn't deny. Lets stop making excuses for murderers who went on a shopping spree and have been lying to police and detectives since the 911 call!

[@GloriaRodriguez-vy1gk]

🤡🤡🤡

[@iamahorsenut7541]

Exactly

[@BernhardtJenn11]

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[@BonnieSetliff]

Its tough to let go of someone you care about. I can relate, my 12year relationship also ended, and I struggled to move on. I tried everything to get him back, even seeking help from a spiritual counselor who ultimately helped me reconnect with him*

[@BernhardtJenn11]

That's incredible! How did you find a spiritual counselor, and how can I contact one?

[@BonnieSetliff]

His name is Owen Abiola, and he’s an amazing spiritual counselor who specializes in bringing back lost loves.

[@BonnieSetliff]

Owen Abiola has incredible powers, and he can assist you.

[@BernhardtJenn11]

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[@amandarandall4506]

M 😊8😊

[@audreydaleski1067]

Violent offenders.

[@brooke9188]

And to their own children!

[@deadonarrivalparanormal981]

You can see the evil!

[@nothing_but_bs]

The judge sounds very drunk

[@josefaxcx8674]

FREE THEM LIBERTAD PARA LOS HERMANOS ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️❤️❤️✊✊

[@BobaMaster-j8i]

FRL

[@inezcardenas7601]

🙏🙏

[@inezcardenas7601]

Por Dios .. dejen libres a estos pobres muchachos.. ya an sufrido mucho 😔 Merecen ser felices, y vivir en paz 🙏🙏