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(NewsNation) — A retired justice who considers himself pugnacious connected transgression went to bat for Erik and Lyle Menendez this week arsenic a quality witnesser and says helium was impressed with the bully deeds they’ve done portion down bars.
Jonathan Colby said helium met the brothers done his unpaid enactment during the past decennary arsenic a therapy canine handler. He said helium was impressed with however Erik and Lyle created programs to assistance their chap inmates, adjacent though the brace presumed they would ne'er beryllium released from situation for the 1989 murders of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez.
“In the tens of thousands of inmates that I’ve met implicit the 10-year period, I’ve ne'er seen anyone bash thing truthful altruistic,” Colby told “Banfield” connected Wednesday.
A judge connected Tuesday resentenced the brothers — primitively they were fixed beingness successful situation without parole — to see the anticipation of aboriginal release, implicit the absorption of Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman.
The state’s parole committee is expected to clasp a proceeding and counsel Gov. Gavin Newsom, who volition marque the eventual determination connected clemency.
“In that hearing, they request to advocator to that parole board,” Colby said. “They’re not going to beryllium having witnesses come. I won’t come. Jail guards who similar them won’t come.”
Hochman’s predecessor had asked the tribunal to resentence the Menendez brothers, based successful portion connected their bully behaviour successful prison. Many household members supported the move.
Hochman countered that Erik and Lyle Menendez ne'er took accountability for the brutal murders of their parents successful their Beverly Hills home. The brothers accidental they were sexually abused by their father.
