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THE MENENDEZ BROTHERS SET FREE?

The Menendez brothers "have paid their debt to society" and should be freed after spending nearly 35 years behind bars, LA County District Attorney George Gascón declared on Oct. 24. New evidence appears to corroborate Lyle and Erik's claims that they killed out of fear and in self-defense after a lifetime of physical, emotional and sexual abuse suffered at the hands of their parents, José and Kitty. Days later, Lyle and Erik's lawyer reportedly filed docs in California asking Gov. Gavin Newsom to grant clemency to the brothers which would free them instantly. When Lyle, 56, and Erik, 53, stood trial, "the world was not ready to believe boys could be raped or that young men could be victims of sexual violence.

Today we know better," says Kitty's sister Joan VanderMolen, 93, who, along with other family members, has long supported the brothers' claims that they only killed after years of being molested by their father with their mother's knowledge. "No jury today would issue such a harsh sentence without taking their trauma into account."

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