close
close

first Drop

Com TW NOw News 2024

Kim Kardashian says the Menendez brothers ‘got a second chance at life’ after decades in prison
news

Kim Kardashian says the Menendez brothers ‘got a second chance at life’ after decades in prison

Join Fox News to access this content

Plus special access to select articles and other premium content with your account – for free.

By entering your email address and pressing Continue, you agree to the Fox News Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, including our Financial Incentive Notice.

Please enter a valid email address.

Do you have any problems? Click here.

Kim Kardashian quickly expressed her support Thursday after Los Angeles prosecutors recommended that Erik and Lyle Menendez be re-sentenced for the 1989 murders of their parents.

“The Menendez brothers were given a second chance at life and will wake up tomorrow and finally be eligible for a parole hearing,” the reality star, 43, wrote on her Instagram Story.

Kardashian is an advocate for prison reform worked with the Trump White House to reduce sentences for several convicts found guilty of non-violent crimes. She also spoke about criminal justice at the White House earlier this year.

Kardashian has recently been an outspoken advocate for the brothers after visiting them in prison near San Diego and writing an op-ed urging their release.

WATCH ON FOX NATION: MENENDEZ BROTHERS: VICTIMS OR VILLAINS?

A rift between Kim Kardashian and the Menendez brothers

Kim Kardashian quickly expressed her support Thursday after Los Angeles prosecutors recommended that Erik and Lyle Menendez be re-sentenced for the 1989 murders of their parents. (Mike Nelson//AFP via Getty Images; /AFP via Getty Images)

MENENDEZ BROTHER, WHO SHOT PARENTS, SUBMITS NEW SHOW FOR ‘UNFAIR IMAGE’

Kardashian noted Thursday that the convicted killers could be released within six months, following a recommendation from prosecutors.

“Thank you, George Gascon, for revisiting the Menendez brothers’ case and righting a significant injustice. Your commitment to truth and fairness is commendable,” she wrote of the Los Angeles district attorney.

“To the family, friends and millions of people who spoke out: your voices have been heard,” she added.

WATCH ‘MENENDEZ BROTHERS: MONSTERS OR MISUNDERSTOOD?’ EXCLUSIVE ON FOX NATION

She said media attention to the case, “especially after Ryan Murphy’s TV show, helped expose the abuse and injustices in their case.”

Kim Kardashian's Menendez brothers reported this on Instagram

Kardashian noted Thursday that the convicted killers could be released within six months, following a recommendation from prosecutors. (Kim Kardashian/Instagram)

She added that “society’s understanding of child abuse has evolved, and social media allows us to question the systems in place. This case highlights the importance of challenging decisions and seeking the truth, even when guilt is not in dispute.”

Kardashian concluded, “I believe in the justice system’s ability to evolve, and I am grateful for a society where we can challenge decisions and seek justice. Never stop asking questions.”

Do you like what you read? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

“I believe in the ability of the legal system to evolve, and I am grateful for a society where we can challenge decisions and seek justice. Never stop asking questions.”

–Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian on the red carpet at the 2024 Met Gala.

Kardashian is an advocate for prison reform and previously worked with the Trump White House to reduce sentences for several convicts found guilty of non-violent crimes. She also spoke about criminal justice at the White House earlier this year. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)

In her NBC op-ed, Kardashian wrote that their case is “more complex than it first appears,” arguing that the brothers deserve empathy over their alleged abuse at the hands of their father.

“After years of abuse and a real fear for their lives, Erik and Lyle chose what they thought at the time was their only way out: an unimaginable way to escape their living nightmare,” Kardashian wrote.

She said that after the jury was deadlocked in their first trial, the judge decided that many of their abuse claims in the second trial were inadmissible.

The Menendez Brothers case in California

Lyle, left, and Erik Menendez sit with attorney Leslie Abramson, right, in Beverly Hills Municipal Court during a hearing, November 26, 1990. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

“Their only way out of prison now is death,” Kardashian said at the time, writing that their first televised trial became “entertainment for the nation” and that they were portrayed by the media as “monsters and sensational eye candy.” two arrogant, rich kids from Beverly Hills who killed their parents out of greed.”

“There was no room for empathy, let alone sympathy,” she said.

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER

She claimed that against this backdrop the brothers had “no chance of a fair trial”.

Kardashian also talked about spending time with them in prison and claimed they had “exemplary disciplinary records,” which Gascon also noted Thursday as part of his reasoning for taking a grudge.

They’re not monsters. They are kind, intelligent and honest men,” she argued.

Kardashian also said that one of the prison guards told her that he would enjoy having the brothers as neighbors.

Although Kardashian called their parents’ murders “inexcusable,” she said the brothers were treated more like “serial killers” than two men who had suffered “years of sexual abuse at the hands of the very people they loved and trusted.”

Kim Kardashian poses on the red carpet

Kardashian said the media attention on the case, “especially after Ryan Murphy’s TV show, helped expose the abuse and injustice in their case.” (Taylor Hill/Getty Images)

She added: “I do not believe that spending their entire natural lives in prison was the appropriate punishment for this complex case. If this crime had been committed and tried today, I believe the outcome would have been dramatically different.

“I also strongly believe that they have been denied a fair second trial and that the exclusion of crucial abuse evidence has denied Erik and Lyle the opportunity to fully present their case, further undermining the fairness of their conviction.”

Kardashian also told Variety earlier this week that she thinks “they never got a fair second trial and I feel like since watching Ryan Murphy’s ‘Monsters’ show it really opened up and showed me so much about abuse .Imagine if that wasn’t the case.” someone believed you.”

Menendez family photo from the 1980s

An undated photo of the Menendez family as it appears on screen during a panel at CrimeCon 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee, on Sunday, June 2. Brothers Lyle and Erik were convicted of fatally shooting both of their parents in 1989. (Michael Ruiz/Fox News Digital)

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP

She added, “The DA’s office should really right the wrongs they committed many years ago. It doesn’t mean they shouldn’t have spent time. It just means that I truly believe they deserve a second chance and they did. enough time.”

On Wednesday, Gascon said he will recommend a sentence of 50 years to life in prison for each of the brothers, which would make them immediately eligible for parole under state law because they were under 26 years old at the time of the killings. “They have been in prison for almost 35 years,” Gascon said. “I believe they have paid their debt to society.”

He added that any new conviction must be approved by the court before it becomes official and that a parole board will still have to sign off on their final release.

Michael Ruiz of Fox News Digital contributed to this report