The decision could pave the way for Erik and Lyle Menendez to be freed, in a case that still divides the US.

Brilliant news for them and survivors everywhere

    • aasatru@kbin.earth
      22·
      2 months ago

      After three decades in prison?

      I guess you’re a big fan of life sentences?

      I’m not sure if America is capable of producing good news these days, and I’m not sure this fits either. To me it reads like just another story of “US justice system is fucked, every instance of justice boils down to the whims of some random judge”

      • Holyginz@lemmy.world
        21·
        2 months ago

        Yes, obviously what i said means im a HUGE fan of life sentences and has nothing to do with them killing their own parents for money. But I can say this is definitely the wrong subject for this.

        • char_stats@discuss.tchncs.de
          1·
          1 day ago

          killing their own parents for

          …being sexually abused by the father and ignored by the mother for years.

          The entire second trial was a farce and a miscarriage of justice due to the ignorance of the time. Please do not perpetrate the same ignorance in 2025.

          Worse thing that could happen by freeing them, for the sake of argument and nothing more, is that they’ll go around persecuting child molesters. Oh no. Keep them in.

        • aasatru@kbin.earth
          11·
          2 months ago

          Fair enough - it can be a good thing without being particularly good news.