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(NewsNation) — The Menendez brothers' lawyer Mark Geragos believes their parole committee hearings were "rigged."
Geragos joined "CUOMO" days aft some Erik and Lyle Menendez were denied parole for 3 years, astatine which clip they volition beryllium eligible for different hearing.
He suggested that if the brace were not named "Menendez," they would already beryllium out.
"One of the ironies of this is, for Lyle, they called him, his parole commissioner, called him a exemplary inmate, but said helium broke the rules with cellphones," Geragos said. "Then, for Erik, they were focused connected each of the worldly that happened much than 10 years ago, arsenic opposed to what he's done successful the past 10 years.
"The irony is, you're astir to play clips that were leaked, and they person present due to the fact that I confronted them with it. The California Department of Corrections has admitted ... they broke the rules, and they broke the rules portion holding the brothers for supposedly breaking the rules."
Geragos besides described the determination arsenic "rich" and said helium volition beryllium taking it to California Gov. Gavin Newsom and a superior tribunal justice successful an effort to get the ruling reversed.
"Part of the crushed that I'm truthful aggravated astatine the parole committee is they leaked this portion close earlier the household was acceptable to attest for Lyle ... wherever a fig of the household members said, 'Hey, you person traumatized us.'
"... We can't person immoderate enactment radical present to perceive to this proceeding oregon erstwhile we testify, and you're going to leak the portion truthful it goes viral earlier we testify. It's outrageous, frankly."
