Kim Kardashian visits Menendez brothers in prison and breaks silence with telling four-word plea

Kim Kardashian has spoken retired successful enactment of Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted of murdering their parents successful 1994, aft the world prima visited them successful prison

Kim Kardashian has travel to the defence of Erik and Lyle Menendez aft visiting them successful prison, challenging their portrayal successful Netflix's show, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. Directed by Ryan Murphy, the bid faced important disapproval for its depiction of the brothers' saga.

Kim, successful a heartfelt effort for NBC News, argued that "they are not monsters," advocating for a re-evaluation of their beingness sentences.

The personage stood up for the brothers, who were convicted of murdering their parents, a transgression they claimed was driven by years of intersexual maltreatment astatine the hands of their father. Having already served astir 35 years, Kim expressed her anticipation that with renewed attraction connected their case, particularly pursuing the emergence of a 1988 missive from Erik detailing the abuse, their sentences mightiness beryllium reconsidered.

Kim wrote: "With their lawsuit backmost successful the spotlight - and considering the revelation of a 1988 missive from Erik to his relative describing the maltreatment - my anticipation is that Erik and Lyle Menendez's beingness sentences are reconsidered."

Kim contended that the beingness sentences handed down to Erik and Lyle were excessively severe, considering the circumstances of the crime. She acknowledged that the murders were "not excusable," but stressed: "The proceedings and punishment these brothers received were much befitting a serial slayer than 2 individuals who endured years of intersexual maltreatment by the precise radical they loved and trusted.

"I don't judge that spending their full earthy lives incarcerated was the close punishment for this analyzable case. Had this transgression been committed and trialed today, I judge the result would person been dramatically different."

Kim highlighted the taste attitudes of the epoch which she believes influenced the verdict, remarking that "trauma of antheral intersexual maltreatment was minimal, often clouded by preconceived judgments and homophobia."

She posed the question: would the result person been the aforesaid had they been sisters?

Kim's interactions with the Menendez brothers shed airy connected their personas some wrong and extracurricular the situation walls, reports the Mirror US. She vouched for them, citing their "exemplary disciplinary records." They've not lone obtained assemblage degrees but besides contributed to charitable efforts specified arsenic providing attraction for aged inmates and mentoring others.

She commented: "When I visited the situation 3 weeks ago, 1 of the wardens told maine helium would consciousness comfy having them arsenic neighbours."

24 household members, including their parents' siblings, person travel guardant with statements afloat backing Lyle and Erik, earnestly calling for the justness strategy to acceptable them free.