Ep 150: The Menendez Murders: Analysing the Habeas Petition with Maggie Freleng, Part 5

Crime Analyst

Laura Richards

True Crime

4.9 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Laura interviews Pulitzer Prize winning reporter and producer Maggie Freleng. Maggie has spent her career focusing on wrongful convictions, the criminal legal system, and social issues. She is host and producer of “Wrongful Conviction with Maggie Freleng”, “Murder in Alliance”, and “Unjust and Unsolved” podcasts focusing on wrongful convictions and miscarriages of justice. Laura and Maggie analyse the 21-page habeas petition submitted by Mark Geragos and Cliff Gardner who are the attorneys for Lyle and Erik Menendez. The petition cites two pieces of evidence which supports the brothers’ accounts that their father was sexually abusing them. Laura and Maggie break down the new evidence. Is it enough to get the Menendez brothers another court hearing, a new trial or for the court to vacate their 1989 convictions as requested by the brothers? You’ll have to listen and find out what Laura and Maggie think. Content warning: Listener discretion is advised. #MenendezMurders #MenendezBrothers #TrueCrime #Podcast #TrueCrimePodcast #LyleMenendez #ErikMenendez #KittyMenendez #JoseMenendez #CoerciveControl #MaleViolence #Patriarchy Clip https://www.newsnationnow.com/banfield/menendez-brothers-attorney-is-cautiously-optimistic/ https://www.tiktok.com/@free.menendez.broth3rs/video/7058671713671974190 Sources https://storage.googleapis.com/www-courttv-uploads/2023/05/cd3c2c86-petition-for-writ-of-habeas-corpus_court-tv.pdf https://www.courttv.com/trials/ca-v-menendez-1993/ https://www.courttv.com/news/menendez-brothers-attorneys-say-new-evidence-could-overturn-life-sentences/ Sponsors Visit www.Microdose.com and use the code CRIMEANALYST to get free shipping and 30% off your first order. Right now, you can get an exclusive 20% off your first order at www.Thrivecausemetics.com/CRIMEANALYST YouTube, Socials and Website YouTube @crimeanalyst Instagram @crimeanalyst @laurarichards999 Twitter @thecrimeanalyst @laurarichards999 TikTok @crimeanalystpod Website www.crime-analyst.com Crime Analyst Merch https://crime-analyst.myshopify.com/ Leave a Review https://www.crime-analyst.com/reviews/new/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	A very quick reminder, brothers Lyle and Eric Menendez shot their parents dead in their home in 1989.
0:05.0	They were 21 and 18 years old at the time. They never denied that they did it, but both
0:09.4	insisted that their father sexually abused them for years, that their mother let it happen,
0:14.4	and that the killings were in self-defense. And a jury, though, did not agree.
0:18.4	30 years ago, it's been 30 years, the brothers were convicted of first degree murder,
0:22.4	sent to prison for life without parole. Fast forward to this year in a bombshell documentary,
0:28.0	in which a former member of the boy band Menudo claims that the Menendez's brother's father
0:32.4	molested him too. Are you ready to tell all the details? Because they're very shocking.
0:41.6	Yes. He is the key to getting action even after all these decades.
0:48.1	I know what he did to me in his house.
0:51.0	Okay, and in some other recently discovered evidence, and the Menendez's brother's lawyer says
0:58.3	Lyle and Eric now in their 50s should be out of prison. And who is there, lawyer, you ask?
1:03.6	Well, it is our friend, Mark Ericos. He is back joining us now. All right, Mark, this is like a story
1:08.8	that I think I'm hooked on because something doesn't feel right here, and it does feel like it's
1:14.5	getting new energy. I know it's been a few weeks now since you filed a motion to have the case
1:21.5	rehered. Where does that process stand? Well, we've had what I would say, I'm cautious,
1:30.0	certainly optimistic about, we filed in May a what's called a rid of habeas corpus. We cited
1:37.7	the explosive allegations from the Menudo member and a letter that was excluded. And now
1:49.6	we have got what's called a request for a informal reply from the DA's office that was issued
1:57.2	by the judge where we filed it. So we're very, very, I wouldn't say optimistic but cautiously
2:05.2	optimistic that the tide has changed, that we have now compelling evidence. And you have to
2:12.6	understand, Brian, what happened back then was there were actually three juries in over two trials.
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