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What will be the outcome of Kim Kardashian's advocacy for the Menendez brothers by the end of 2025?
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Kim Kardashian Urges Release of Menendez Brothers, Citing Abuse and Calling Them 'Not Monsters'
Oct 3, 2024, 11:26 PM
Kim Kardashian has called for the release of Lyle and Erik Menendez, brothers convicted in 1996 for the murder of their parents. In a personal essay penned for NBC News, Kardashian argues that the Menendez brothers deserve to be freed, citing alleged years of abuse they suffered and a real fear for their lives. She writes, "Following years of abuse and a real fear for their lives, Erik and Lyle chose what they thought at the time was their only way out—an unimaginable way to escape their living nightmare." Kardashian emphasizes that the brothers are "not monsters" but "kind, intelligent, and honest men" and believes their life sentences should be reconsidered. She suggests that if the crime were tried today, "the outcome would have been dramatically different" due to increased awareness of abuse and its effects. She adds, "We owe it to those little boys who lost their childhoods." Kardashian has visited the Menendez brothers in prison and is advocating for their release.
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