Matthew Tankard
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934 appearances
24 recordings
2 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 3d ago
Matthew Tankard’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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This was the whole argument from the uh prosecution that they wanted early access to their inheritance.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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Anyone that's gone to therapy knows that the therapist will tell you, Look, this is confidential, but if you're at until if you're at a danger to yourself or anyone else or if you've committed a crime
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Uh, you know, they do have to report that.
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So, uh, they were arrested in 1990, uh, and they were found guilty for two counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances and conspiracy to commit murder.
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Their original sentence was life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
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But last year, a judge re-sentenced both brothers to 50 years to life, making them eligible to seek parole because they were under 26 when the murders occurred.
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Uh that yeah, that's basically what the the whole argument is.
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No one's saying that they weren't responsible for the deaths of their parents, but they're arguing that it has to be it has to be seen as manslaughter rather than murder.
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Because, you know, the Menendez brothers claim that they suffered years of sexual, physical, and psychological abuse from their parents.
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Well, that from their dad and their mum knew but didn't do anything about it, is what they claim.
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And in California, it's called imperfect.
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Self-defense, so even if it was unreasonable, if someone genuinely thinks that they're in imminent danger, murder can be reduced to voluntary manslaughter.
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And the Menendez brothers claim that they think their dad was gonna kill them uh to stop them from exposing what happened to them.
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And it should be considered manslaughter instead of murder.
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I don't know.
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What at what point do you call it a side hustle or a side?
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Yeah, I
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Yeah, and they haven't gotten into any trouble while in prison.
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Um but they would they you know, they were eligible for parole last year and they were denied.
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