Kim Kardashian’s Hypocrisy Exposed as She Remains Silent on Black Death Row Inmate While Campaigning for Menendez Brothers’ Freedom
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Kim Kardashian is keeping up with her criminal justice reform advocacy work. In a personal essay published on Oct. 3 by NBC News, she used her leverage as a celebrity and aspiring lawyer to declare her support for the justice system to consider vacating the life sentences of Erik and Lyle Menendez.
The high-profile case of the brothers who killed their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, in 1989 has garnered renewed media attention as new evidence has surfaced in the case.
Prosecutors announced that the findings are being reviewed by District Attorney George Gascón and that it may corroborate the siblings’ claims that their heinous crimes were the result of them being subjected to sexual abuse from their father.&
Kim Kardashian faces backlash for demanding the release of the Mendez brothers. (Photo by James Devaney/GC Images)
The men stood trial in 1993, but a deadlocked jury was unable to reach verdicts, resulting in a mistrial. A second trial began in 1995 as they faced first-degree murder charges for their parents’ deaths.
In March 1996, they were convicted, and weeks later, the two were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Prosecutors say their bar actions were motivated...
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