Geragos
said
that
due
to
the “younger
generation,”
there
has “been
a
movement.”
“I
know
that
I’ve
seen
some
of
those
videos
of
the
first
trial
that
was
televised
where
the
DA’s
office
was
taking
the
position
that
men
could
not
be
raped,
they
don’t
have
the
equipment,”
Geragos,
who
did
not
represent
the
brothers
during
their
trial,
said
at
the
press
conference. “And
you’ve
seen
all
kinds
of
arguments
along
those
lines.”
The
attorney
continued, “That
is
unfathomable
in
today’s
age
to
people
who
weren’t
alive
back
then.
So
I
think
that
evolution
has
been,
frankly,
seismic.”
Both
brothers
have
for
years
filed
habeas
corpus
petitions
to
try
to
overturn
their
convictions,
most
recently
in
2023.
“If
the
habeas
would
be
granted,
you
would
get
a
new
trial,”
Geragos
said
at
the
press
conference. “If
they
are
resentenced,
the
judge
under
California
law
has
the
ability
to
recall
and
sentence
them
to
a
wide
range
of
options.”
The
petition
alleges
that
the
shootings
of
the
Menendez
brothers’
parents “were
not
murder
but
manslaughter
committed
out
of
an
honest
though
unreasonable
belief
in
the
need
for
self-defense
after
a
lifetime
of
sexual
and
physical
abuse.”
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