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

Kim Kardashian celebrated the 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 with a lengthy substance post, wherever she said the brothers were 'granted a 2nd chance' and praised Gascon for 'righting a important wrong.'

'The Menendez brothers were granted a 2nd accidental astatine beingness and volition aftermath up time yet eligible for a parole hearing,' Kim began her statement.

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

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

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

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

'I judge successful the justness system's quality to evolve, and I americium grateful for a nine wherever we tin situation decisions and question justice.'

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

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

'In 2015, a measure was passed successful California allowing individuals sentenced to beingness successful situation earlier the property of 25 to question 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 league connected Thursday day wherever helium 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 volition beryllium up to a tribunal to yet find the last condemnation for the brothers, present aged 53 and 56. 

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

The announcement comes connected the backmost of mounting assemblage unit to reconsider the beingness 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 bash truthful aft suffering years of intersexual and carnal maltreatment astatine the hands of their businessman father.

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

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

Now equipped with Gascon's recommendation, the Menendez lawsuit volition instrumentality to court, wherever a justice volition yet determine their fate.

Gascon approached the Menendez brothers' relatives erstwhile helium made his mode into the property league connected Thursday afternoon, greeting Kitty's sister Joan, 92, who has agelong advocated for her nephews' release.

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

'After cautious 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 the tribunal that beingness without anticipation of parole beryllium removed, and they beryllium sentenced for murder, which, due to the fact that determination were 2 murders involved, that's 50 years to life.

'But nether the law, due to the fact that astatine the clip they were nether 26 astatine the clip these crimes occurred, they volition beryllium eligible for parole immediately.'

Gascon had the accidental to urge the charges beryllium reduced to manslaughter, but helium opted against that due to the fact that '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 the run.

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

Lyle bought a Porsche Carrera, Rolex ticker and 2 restaurants, portion his member hired a full-time tennis manager to statesman competing successful tournaments.

In all, they spent $700,000 betwixt the 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 quality league that attorneys for Lyle and Erik person asked a tribunal to vacate their conviction, arsenic the 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 person of Kardashian's who has worked with her connected projects specified arsenic American Horror Story and the 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 transgression justness reform, explained her rationale successful an op-ed for NBC News.

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

The world 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 the clip was their lone mode retired - an unimaginable mode to flight their surviving nightmare.'

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

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

Kardashian noted however she has 'spent clip with Lyle and Erik' weeks aft reports that she was with sister Khloe Kardashian and parent Kris Jenner astatine the the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility successful San Diego, wherever the 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 the situation 3 weeks ago, 1 of the wardens told maine helium would consciousness comfy having them arsenic neighbors.'

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

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

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