Kim Kardashian says Menendez brothers have been 'granted a second chance at life' after resentencing decision

Kim Kardashian celebrated nan latest update successful the Erik and Lyle Menendez case, after Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon recommended they beryllium resentenced for sidesplitting their parents.

The reality TV star, 44, took to her Instagram Stories pinch a lengthy matter post, wherever she said nan brothers were 'granted a 2nd chance' and praised Gascon for 'righting a important wrong.'

'The Menendez brothers were granted a 2nd chance astatine life and will aftermath up tomorrow yet eligible for a parole hearing,' Kim began her statement.

'They could beryllium released successful arsenic early arsenic 6 months,' nan SKIMS laminitis — who antecedently shared she believes nan brothers should beryllium freed from situation — added.

'Thank you, George Gascón, for revisiting nan Menéndez brothers’ lawsuit and righting a important wrong. Your committedness to truth and fairness is commendable.' 

'To nan brothers' family, friends, and nan millions who person been vocal supporters – your voices were heard. The media's foucs, particularly connected nan heels of Ryan Murphy's TV show, helped expose nan maltreatment and injustices successful their case.' 

'Society’s knowing of kid maltreatment has evolved, and societal media empowers america to mobility nan strategy successful place. This lawsuit highlights nan value of challenging decisions and seeking truth, moreover erstwhile guilt is not successful question.'

'I judge successful nan justness system's expertise to evolve, and I americium grateful for a nine wherever we tin situation decisions and activity justice.'

Kim — who passed California 's 'baby bar' exam successful 2021 — ended her station writing, 'Never extremity questioning.'

The prima — whose father, Robert Kardashian, was O. J. Simpson's lawyer — followed it up pinch a 2nd matter post, writing, 'Erik and Lyle are instantly eligible for parole now that their condemnation has been reduced to 50 years to life.'

'In 2015, a measure was passed successful California allowing individuals sentenced to life successful situation earlier nan property of 25 to activity parole aft serving 25 years. Since Erik and Lyle person been successful situation for 35 years, they suffice arsenic 'youthful offenders' and are instantly eligible for parole.'

Gascon held a property convention connected Thursday day wherever he recommended Erik and Lyle person a caller condemnation - 35 years aft they murdered their parents Kitty and Jose wrong their Beverly Hills mansion.

His proposal is that they beryllium eligible for parole immediately. It will beryllium up to a tribunal to yet find nan last condemnation for nan brothers, now aged 53 and 56. 

'I judge they person paid their indebtedness to society... and nan strategy provides a conveyance for their lawsuit to beryllium reviewed by a tribunal of law,' Gascon said.

The announcement comes connected nan backmost of mounting organization unit to reconsider nan life sentences without parole Erik and Lyle received astatine their 1996 trial.

The brothers person ne'er denied sidesplitting their parents, but person agelong claimed they were driven to do truthful aft suffering years of intersexual and beingness maltreatment astatine nan hands of their businessman father.

The nationalist was unconvinced by their claims successful nan 1980s, believing alternatively they were ruthless monsters.

But successful caller months, a TikTok activity of much sympathetic fans and a duo of Netflix shows has won them favor.

Now equipped pinch Gascon's recommendation, nan Menendez lawsuit will return to court, wherever a judge will yet determine their fate.

Gascon approached nan Menendez brothers' relatives erstwhile he made his measurement into nan property convention connected Thursday afternoon, greeting Kitty's sister Joan, 92, who has agelong advocated for her nephews' release.

A sympathetic Gascon told nan packed room: 'I do judge they were molested. They person been successful situation for astir 35 years. I judge that they person paid their indebtedness to society.

'After observant review, I came to a spot wherever I judge that resentencing is appropriate.

'I americium going to urge that to a tribunal tomorrow. What that means, is that we're going to urge to nan tribunal that life without anticipation of parole beryllium removed, and they beryllium sentenced for murder, which, because location were 2 murders involved, that's 50 years to life.

'But nether nan law, because astatine nan clip they were nether 26 astatine nan clip these crimes occurred, they will beryllium eligible for parole immediately.'

Gascon had nan opportunity to urge nan charges beryllium reduced to manslaughter, but he opted against that because 'these were intelligibly murders.'

After sidesplitting their parents successful August of 1989, they made a frantic telephone to constabulary claiming they returned location to find their parents had been slaughtered, prompting fears wrong 1 of America's wealthiest communities that a murderer was connected nan run.

Police said nan execution was motivated by greed. The brothers stood to inherit $14million from their parents, and group astir spending it soon aft their parents' deaths.

Lyle bought a Porsche Carrera, Rolex watch and 2 restaurants, while his relative hired a full-time tennis coach to statesman competing successful tournaments.

In all, they spent $700,000 betwixt nan clip of their parents' deaths and their arrests successful March 1990.

Erik and Lyle claimed they acted successful self-defense. They said they were lifelong victims of intersexual maltreatment astatine their hands of their father.

Gascón said during a news convention that attorneys for Lyle and Erik person asked a tribunal to vacate their conviction, arsenic nan lawsuit has gained caller attraction successful caller weeks aft Netflix began streaming Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story past month.

The Menendez Brothers documentary bid is from creator Ryan Murphy, a friend of Kardashian's who has worked pinch her connected projects specified arsenic American Horror Story and nan forthcoming ineligible play All's Fair.

Kardashian antecedently said successful an op-ed published earlier this period that she believes Lyle and Erik should beryllium freed from prison.

The star, a longtime proponent of criminal justness reform, explained her rationale successful an op-ed for NBC News.

Kardashian said successful her op-ed that group 'are each products of our experiences' and that 'this communicative is overmuch much analyzable than it appears connected nan surface.'

The reality prima noted that 'both brothers said they had been sexually, physically and emotionally abused for years by their parents.

'Following years of maltreatment and a existent fearfulness for their lives, Erik and Lyle chose what they thought astatine nan clip was their only measurement retired - an unimaginable measurement to flight their surviving nightmare.'

Kardashian wrote that nan brothers were portrayed arsenic 'two arrogant, rich | kids from Beverly Hills who killed their parents retired of greed' leaving 'no room for empathy, fto unsocial sympathy' successful nan tribunal of nationalist opinion.

Kardashian said successful her effort that she felt 'Erik and Lyle had nary chance of a adjacent proceedings against this backdrop' amid nan taste situation of nan 1990s.

Kardashian noted really she has 'spent clip pinch Lyle and Erik' weeks aft reports that she was pinch sister Khloe Kardashian and mother Kris Jenner astatine nan the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility successful San Diego, wherever nan brothers are successful custody.

Kardashian said, 'They are not monsters. They are kind, intelligent, and honorable men' who person utilized their clip successful custody by earning aggregate assemblage degrees; moving arsenic caregivers for aged incarcerated individuals successful hospice; and mentoring different inmates successful assemblage programs.'

'In prison, they some person exemplary disciplinary records,' she said. 'When I visited nan situation 3 weeks ago, 1 of nan wardens told maine he would consciousness comfortable having them arsenic neighbors.'

Kardashian has been passionate astir criminal justness and nan law, arsenic for nan past fewer years, she has been studying to go a lawyer, pursuing successful nan footsteps of her precocious father.

After 3 attempts, she passed nan Baby Bar exam successful December of 2021.

She has besides focused her efforts toward criminal justness reform, and was instrumental successful nan 2018 situation merchandise of Alice Marie Johnson, pursuing a pardon from then-President Donald Trump.