Menendez brothers’ relatives urge district attorney to release them
“If Lyle and Erik’s case were heard today, with the understanding we now have about abuse and [post-traumatic stress disorder], there is no doubt in my mind that their sentencing would have been very different,” said Anamaria Baralt, niece of José Menendez, the siblings’ father.The Menendez brothers have long insisted that years of sexual, physical and emotional abuse by their father fueled the violent outburst in 1989 that later captivated the nation. Yet crucial evidence of that abuse was barr...
