The Menendez family is outraged after 85-year-old Terry Baralt was hospitalized following the display of graphic photos of José Menendez's body in court. They blame the Los Angeles District Attorney's office for her distress, stating that the lack of warning caused significant emotional trauma. Baralt, who supported the Menendez brothers' re-sentencing, voiced that they are regretful for their past actions. The family feels disrespected by the DA, emphasizing a pattern of insensitivity, claiming that more empathy could have spared Baralt's hospitalization.
The family says Baralt was distraught after prosecutors showed graphic photos of José Menendez's lifeless body without warning last week in court.
The display was retraumatizing, completely avoidable, and we believe it was intentional. The District Attorney's Office knew what the law required and deliberately chose to ignore it.
We deserve better. We firmly believe that if the DA's office had shown even an ounce of consideration for us, we would not be hoping for one more day with Terry right now.
It was a crazy time for those kids, and what they did was done, but they're sorry now, but people have to believe that they are sorry.
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