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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I am still on the fence about this case.

Sure, on one hand they had golden opportunities that not every person gets.
They were raised in mansions w/maids and all of that.
They also had the opportunity to attend Princeton & UCLA which are fine colleges.

Lyle cheated, got suspended by Princeton.
They committed residential robberies for the adrenaline rush since money was not even an issue.

Worse....
After their parents were murdered they practically dug their own graves by generously spending what $$ their parents had left them.
That wasn't exactly the smartest move on their part, but hey who makes smart decisions at 18 and 21....??!

But on the other hand by all accounts their Father was a tyrant as a Husband, Father and Professional in his field.
He hit & cheated on his wife and may have sexually/physically/mentally abused his sons.

That is the tricky part:
Either they both should of won Academy Awards in '90 for best acting EVER or they endured unimaginable sexual abuse from their Dad at an early age.

Watching them cocky on camera one minute (who can ever remember Erik's smirk when the camera was on his face?) to seeing them cry in distress recalling how their Dad abused them, etc....,well that is a tough watch when they testified.

[b]But no matter what, I still see no logic for them blowing away their Mother, using the pathetic excuse they wanted to put her out of her misery.[/b]

Sorry the buck stopped there with me.[/quote]

If the abuse was true, and dearest mother stood by and failed to protect her children, yeah she deserved it and more.  [/quote]

I think that she was caught up in the whole dynamic.  On the one hand she had a husband who clearly had the dominant personality - he wore the pants, he was the provider, he was the one in control and he used money to control his family.  He may even have been abusive to her at times but she probably basked in his approval too and she had her own lifestyle expectations/spending habits to consider - you don't just give that up.  On the other hand she had her two young adult sons who were getting into trouble and creating huge issues in their house.  She was aggravated with them too and at 18 and 21 they had minds of their own and were completely out of her control.

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