Attorneys for the Menendez brothers share Thorton’s sentiment, arguing that because of society’s changing views on sexual abuse the brothers may not have been convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without parole today.

A juror in the first Menendez trial says it was men versus women during jury deliberations. "It was a classic battle of the sexes," says Hazel Thornton, with men on the jury not believing that the Menedez brothers' father had abused them.