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Juror Calls Menendez Brothers Resentencing 'The Right Thing'

Juror Hazel Thornton, who served in Erik and Lyle Menéndez’s trial, weighed in on the Los Angeles District Attorney’s recommendation to resentence the brothers

Speaking to Australia’s “Kyle & Jackie O Show” the same day of the announcement, Hazel Thornton, who was Juror #9 for the first Menendez brothers’ murder trial, said she supported the resentencing. “I think it’s a wonderful step in the right direction and a long time coming,” Thornton told the radio show, but said she didn’t support a new trial. A new court hearing will decide whether Erik and Lyle Menéndez‘s murder case could result in a resentencing or possibly even a new trial — but does that mean the brothers could be released from prison?

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