Jurors in the Menendez brothers' trial will consider new evidence alleging they were sexually abused, 30 years after they were found guilty of murdering their parents, it was announced Thursday, after Today's Educator announced I think a more enlightened world could have saved them.
Hazel Thornton, a juror in Lyle and Eric Menendez's first trial, said, “If they were to go to trial again, I think the outcome would be very different, because people know more and understand more these days.'' Because there is.” told NewsNation's “Banfield.”
The Menendez brothers argued that they acted in self-defense when they were shot in their Beverly Hills home by their parents, Jose Luise “Kitty” Menendez, in 1989 because they had been sexually abused for years, but jurors agreed. That was not the case, Thornton said. Don't buy it.
“But to the men who were there, it was a classic battle of the sexes. The men did not believe that Jose was abusing his sons,” she wrote in the book, Hung Jury: Diary of a Menendez Jury. ” Thornton, author of ” told guest host Laura Ingle.
Prosecutor Lester Kuriyama also raised the idea that Eric was gay during closing arguments, and Thornton said the male jury may have also been biased against the defendant during deliberations.
“There was no evidence to support that. It was just Lester's theory that he spouted in his closing argument, and the men ran with it and never backed down from the fact that they may have been abused.” she continued.
Mr. Thornton wants indignation against his brothers, who were convicted in 1996, rather than a new trial.
“I hope they don't go to trial again. I think they are simply outraged because I think a new trial would cost millions of dollars and exhaust everyone for no good reason.” I hope.”
