Laura Jarrett
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And the shame associated with it and sort of the campaign of silence around childhood sexual abuse, I think for boys in particular, has changed dramatically over the past 35 years.
Yeah, that has sort of provided this springboard for them to take advantage of the law. And the law was there to say, look, people are going to commit crimes. when they're young. And at a certain point, we may decide they're rehabilitated. And it doesn't mean they're going to automatically going to get out. There's going to be a case by case analysis.
Yeah, that has sort of provided this springboard for them to take advantage of the law. And the law was there to say, look, people are going to commit crimes. when they're young. And at a certain point, we may decide they're rehabilitated. And it doesn't mean they're going to automatically going to get out. There's going to be a case by case analysis.
Yeah, that has sort of provided this springboard for them to take advantage of the law. And the law was there to say, look, people are going to commit crimes. when they're young. And at a certain point, we may decide they're rehabilitated. And it doesn't mean they're going to automatically going to get out. There's going to be a case by case analysis.
And there's hundreds of these petitions that have come forward. And and they're sort of just one of those cases that we happen to be focused on.
And there's hundreds of these petitions that have come forward. And and they're sort of just one of those cases that we happen to be focused on.
And there's hundreds of these petitions that have come forward. And and they're sort of just one of those cases that we happen to be focused on.
DA Nathan Hockman came into office and then completely withdrew support from the resentencing effort. He thought they had not owned up to their lies. And his sort of party line on this has been, we can't say for sure that their level of dangerousness is zero if they're not willing to fully come clean with all of the ways that they lied.
DA Nathan Hockman came into office and then completely withdrew support from the resentencing effort. He thought they had not owned up to their lies. And his sort of party line on this has been, we can't say for sure that their level of dangerousness is zero if they're not willing to fully come clean with all of the ways that they lied.
DA Nathan Hockman came into office and then completely withdrew support from the resentencing effort. He thought they had not owned up to their lies. And his sort of party line on this has been, we can't say for sure that their level of dangerousness is zero if they're not willing to fully come clean with all of the ways that they lied.
It was mostly family members who have been almost universally supportive of the brothers. And remember, these are the cousins of the two people that were murdered. And those family members testified about what a toll this has taken on the family, but they also had people who, you know, had been in prison with them and to talk about the rehabilitation, right? The
It was mostly family members who have been almost universally supportive of the brothers. And remember, these are the cousins of the two people that were murdered. And those family members testified about what a toll this has taken on the family, but they also had people who, you know, had been in prison with them and to talk about the rehabilitation, right? The
It was mostly family members who have been almost universally supportive of the brothers. And remember, these are the cousins of the two people that were murdered. And those family members testified about what a toll this has taken on the family, but they also had people who, you know, had been in prison with them and to talk about the rehabilitation, right? The
Their whole thing is that they've participated in various programs in prison and have been active members of trying to help other people. I did think it was interesting the prosecution didn't put on a single witness.
Their whole thing is that they've participated in various programs in prison and have been active members of trying to help other people. I did think it was interesting the prosecution didn't put on a single witness.
Their whole thing is that they've participated in various programs in prison and have been active members of trying to help other people. I did think it was interesting the prosecution didn't put on a single witness.
Basically, it was just making arguments that we've heard before about the lies and about the fact that they still, again, in the prosecution's view, had not fully owned up to everything. So we also got to hear from the brothers themselves. If you listen to their allocution, which is when they sort of have a chance to make a little spiel, it's all about I take full responsibility for my actions.
Basically, it was just making arguments that we've heard before about the lies and about the fact that they still, again, in the prosecution's view, had not fully owned up to everything. So we also got to hear from the brothers themselves. If you listen to their allocution, which is when they sort of have a chance to make a little spiel, it's all about I take full responsibility for my actions.
Basically, it was just making arguments that we've heard before about the lies and about the fact that they still, again, in the prosecution's view, had not fully owned up to everything. So we also got to hear from the brothers themselves. If you listen to their allocution, which is when they sort of have a chance to make a little spiel, it's all about I take full responsibility for my actions.
I lied to police. I lied to my family. I'm so sorry. We own it.