“Recently, a Los Angeles judge delayed a hearing for Erik and Lyle Menendez in their bid to be resentenced for the murder of their parents 35 years ago,” writes Rachel Louise Snyder, a contributing Opinion writer who has written extensively about domestic abuse. While the case has seen renewed interest lately, “unfortunately for the brothers, social advocacy rarely corresponds to judicial change,” Rachel writes. “Many people have noted that we know much more about domestic and sexual violence today than we did in the 1990s. This is true. We know how devastating abuse can be and how trauma lasts a lifetime. What remains unclear is whether the judiciary has absorbed enough of this understanding to decide that the Menendez brothers have suffered enough and deserve a different kind of future.” Click the link in our bio to read more. | 🎨 Matt Bollinger #nytopinion