An aunt of Erik and Lyle Menendez, Terry Baralt, fell into critical condition after prosecutors displayed a graphic photo of their victim father at a resentencing hearing. Family members condemned the action, asserting it caused severe trauma and violated California's Marsy's Law. The family is demanding the removal of the Los Angeles District Attorney's office from the case, claiming they lack fairness and care towards the ongoing legal process involving the brothers, who were sentenced for their parents' murders in 1996 under contentious circumstances.
In open court, and without any prior warning, prosecutors displayed an unredacted, graphic image of José Menendez's lifeless body - an act that retraumatized family members in attendance and led to the hospitalization of José's 85-year-old sister, Terry Baralt, who is now in critical condition.
The Menendez family has also called for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office to be removed from the case following the 'disturbing and reckless decision', according to NBC News, saying prosecutors are 'incapable of handling this process with the fairness, care, or neutrality required by law.'
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