(20 Mar 2025)
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Los Angeles – 20 March 2025
1. tracking shots of protesters UPSOUND (English) "What do we believe in second chances. Who are we here for? Menendez brothers."
2. Tight of sign reading (English) "Bring them home. 35 years served is enough."
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Anamaria Baralt, Menendez brothers cousin:
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"Today we stand together. Not just for Eric and Lyle, but for every person who has been silenced, for every person who has fought to be believed, and for every person who has been told that the worst thing they ever did defines them forever."
4. Med of sign reading (English) "New evidence."
5. Med of protesters UPSOUND (English) "Second chances."
6. Tracking shots of protesters UPSOUND (English) "Menendez brothers"
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Anamaria Baralt, Menendez brothers cousin:
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"We are demanding that the law be followed. Because whether Hochman likes it or not, California law demands that judges consider the full picture, their youth at the time, the abuse they endured, and the men they have become. And I have seen the work that they have done behind bars. And I am telling you right now, there is no justice in keeping them there. If the district attorney, Hochman, wants to make this a political issue, we are going to make sure the world is watching."
8. Various of protesters UPSOUND (English) "Second chances" and "Who do we want freedom for? Menendez brothers! What do we believe in? Justice!"
STORYLINE:
The family of Erik and Lyle Menendez on Thursday rejected claims by the Los Angeles district attorney that the brothers hadn’t appropriately taken responsibility for the 1989 killing of their parents and said that any lies they told during their murder trial were due to trauma and fear.
Anamaria Baralt, a cousin of the brothers, said they have already taken responsibility and acknowledged their mistakes. The family has no intention on changing their position, and Baralt said she hopes the brothers don’t as well.
"If the district attorney, Hochman, wants to make this a political issue, we are going to make sure the world is watching," said Baralt.
Around 50 supporters of the Menendez brothers marched with signs around the downtown criminal justice center, chanting, “What do we believe in? Second chances!” The news conference and rally also drew the support of criminal justice organizations such as the Anti-Recidivism Coalition and Latino Justice.
The family’s rally was supposed to coincide with a resentencing hearing for the brothers that could result in them being immediately eligible for parole after 35 years behind bars. It was postponed to April after Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced his office was withdrawing the resentencing motion previously submitted by his predecessor, George Gascón. While it is possible for the judge to proceed without the district attorney’s support, legal experts say the brothers’ chances of success have diminished tremendously.
The brothers, 18 and 21 at the time, were convicted of murdering their mother, Kitty Menendez, and their entertainment executive father, Jose, and sentenced to life in prison without parole. They began their latest bid for freedom in recent years after their attorneys said new evidence emerged about their father’s sexual abuse. The brothers had the support of most of their extended family.
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