Show T- p lyngiintoVA “to 'k VM M p " fn'a pfrl pim I ii '"v intoV4igtotorto‘'VW'inlSiitieWWplltolA‘t torttoitoWHto The Herald JotnaJ Logan Utah Thursday Apr! 18 1996 — Page 5 Insurance group Menendez jury: Life no parole criticizes sport utility vehicles LOS ANGELES (AP) — Erik and Lyle Menendez woe spued the death penalty Wednesday for methodically gunning down their wealthy parents 6 12 years go in their Beverly Hills mansion The jury recommended life in WASHINGTON Erison without parole for the to the Arlington other good things about them that warranted their life that warranted their living” The penalty was the best the Va -- based insurance group The ratings drew prompt criti- cism from the industry The insurance crash tests “do not defense could hope foe “Lyle is relieved because he wants to live” said his lawyer Charles Gessler “You know life without parole is not something to be looking forward to So you cant say he is happy but he is relieved that ft was life” Erik’s attorney Leslie Abramson was relieved for both broth- crs “On the good side 1 will say they're both such considerable human beings that they will find a way to be productive” she said AP photo left to right Leslie Abramson Charles Gessler and Terri Lyte Menendez right taka to defense attorney Towery in Loe Angeles Wadneeday after the jury recommended that he and his brother Erik be sentenced to life in prison without the poasibStyofperefe closely then leaned back in his chair as the verdicts were completed There were separate verdicts for each brother for the killings of each parent When “life in prison without parole” was read for the fourth time a large gasp of relief came from the section where members of the Menendez family were seated In the wake of acquittals in the murder trials of OJ Simp hours over three days before Tiling into the courtroom Wednesday with grim faces The room was gripped with tension as the foreman handed in their written decisions Lyle 28 and Erik 23 wore shirts and ties their faces paler than ever Neither reacted much Erik sat forward to listen more who faces one of his deputies in a tough November election said the important thing was to remember the conviction and sentence mean the brothers “will spend the rest of their lives in prison” “We believe that most people in this county — perhaps even in this country — now believe that there was justice in this case” Garcetti said But the jury's pronouncement did not end the brothers' legal saga The judge scheduled a hearing July 2 to hear defense motions for a new trial and to pronounce sentence son and rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg prosecutors claimed a d success despite the jury’s rejection of their call much-neede- for the death penalty District Attorney Gil Gaicctti While the jury's decision is only a recommendation the judge does not have the option to impose a death sentence in contradiction of the jurors’ wishes Had they pronounced death he could have reduced it to life The penalty verdict came nearly a month after the brothers were found guilty of killing their parents with pump-actio- n watched as TV they shotguns The brothers contended they suffered years of abuse and cruel treatment That defense was powerful enough in the first trial to deadlock juries for both brothers Grand jury doesn’t indict Kaczynski GREAT FALLS Mom (AP) — A federal grand jury concluded a daylong session without indicting Theodore Kaczynski the former math professor suspected of being the elusive Unabomber The grand jury met secretly on Wednesday but a court document confirmed afterward that the only indictments it handed up were for suspects still at large Kacfzynski 53 ' Referring to throngs of reporters camped on the lawn of the federal building Strizkl said “It's really much ado about nothing” Kaczynski was arrested April 3 at his mountain cabin He has been charged only with possession of bomb components and not with any of the Unabomber attacks which killed three people and injured 23 in nine slates over the post 18 years The panel was not scheduled to meet again said US Marshal Bill Strizkh until mid-Ma- y who provides security for the grand jury authorities to jail Kaczynski while gathering y more evidence from his cabin but the time limit between an arrest and indictment m 'lW fVj The bomb-componen- charge allowed ts 30-da- I L n ’iv'i i4 sy'A The Jeep had poor head restraints and bumpers and test results indicated a likelihood of significant leg injury the report said The two types that received poor ratings lacked head protection in frontal collisions the institute said Institute President Brian O’Neill said that many people v -- - 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