Kim Kardashian says Menendez brothers were ‘granted a second chance at life’ after decades in prison

LOS ANGELES – Kim Kardashian quickly expressed her support Thursday after Los Angeles prosecutors recommended that Erik and Lyle Menendez be re-convicted for the 1989 murders of their parents.

“The Menendez brothers were granted a second chance at life and tomorrow they will wake up finally eligible for a parole hearing,” the reality star, 43, wrote on her Instagram Story.

Kardashian is a prison reform advocate, who previously worked with the Trump White House reduce sentences for several convicts convicted of non-violent crimes. she too spoke at the White House earlier this year on criminal justice.

Kardashian has been a strong supporter of the brothers recently, having visited them in prison near San Diego and writing an opinion pieceurging his release.

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Kardashian noted Thursday that the convicted murderers could be freed in as little as six months following prosecutors’ recommendation.

“Thank you, George Gascon, for reviewing the Menendez brothers’ case and correcting an important error. Your commitment to truth and justice is commendable,” he wrote of the Los Angeles district attorney.

“To the brothers’ family, friends and the millions who have openly supported them: your voices were heard,” he added.

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He said the media focus on the case, “especially after Ryan Murphy’s television show, helped expose the abuses and injustices in his case.”

He added: “Society’s understanding of child abuse has evolved and social media allows us to question the systems in place. This case highlights the importance of questioning decisions and seeking the truth, even when guilt is not in question.”

Kardashian concluded, “I believe in the justice system’s ability to evolve and am grateful for a society where we can challenge decisions and seek justice. Never stop questioning.”

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In her NBC op-ed, Kardashian wrote that her case is “more complex than it appears on the surface,” arguing that the brothers deserve empathy for their father’s alleged abuse.

“After years of abuse and 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 nightmare,” Kardashian wrote.

He said that after the jury deadlocked in the first trial, the judge decided that many of his abuse claims were inadmissible in the second trial.

“Their only way out of prison now is death,” Kardashian said at the time, writing that their first televised trial became “entertainment for the nation” and that the media portrayed them as “monsters and sensational eye candy.” “Two rich, arrogant kids from Beverly Hills who killed their parents out of greed.”

“There was no room for empathy, much less sympathy,” he said.

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He stated that the brothers “had no chance of having a fair trial in this context.”

Kardashian also talked about spending time with them in prison, claiming they have “exemplary disciplinary records,” which Gascon also noted Thursday as part of his reasoning for a new sentence.

They “are not monsters. They are kind, intelligent and honest men,” he argued.

Kardashian also said that one of the prison guards told her that he would feel comfortable having the brothers as neighbors.

While Kardashian called her parents’ murders “unforgivable,” she said the brothers were treated more like “serial killers” than two men who had “endured years of sexual abuse by the very people they loved and in that they trusted.”

Kardashian said the media focus on the case, “especially after Ryan Murphy’s TV show, helped expose the abuses and injustices in her case.” (Taylor Hill/Getty Images)

He added: “I do not believe that spending their entire natural lives in prison was the correct punishment for this complex case. If this crime had been committed and tried today, I believe the outcome would have been dramatically different.

“I also firmly believe that they were denied a fair second trial and that the exclusion of crucial evidence of abuse denied Erik and Lyle the opportunity to fully present their case, further undermining the fairness of their conviction.”

kardashian too told variety earlier this week she thinks they “never got a fair second trial and I feel like since then, for me, watching Ryan Murphy’s ‘Monsters’ really opened me up and showed me a lot about the abuse. Imagine if no one believed you.” ”

An undated photo of the Menendez family as they appear on screen during a panel at CrimeCon 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee, on Sunday, June 2. Brothers Lyle and Erik were convicted of fatally shooting their parents in 1989. (Michael Ruiz/ Zorro

He added: “The district attorney’s office should really correct the mistake they made many years ago. That doesn’t mean they shouldn’t have served time. It just means I truly believe they deserve a second chance and they have.” “made enough time.”

On Wednesday, Gascón said he will recommend a sentence of 50 years to life in prison for each of the brothers, which would make them immediately eligible for parole under state law because they were under 26 at the time of the murders. “They’ve been in prison for almost 35 years,” Gascón said. “I think they have paid their debt to society.”

He added that the court must approve a new sentence before it becomes official and that a parole board will still need to approve his eventual release.

Fox News Digital’s Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.

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