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.

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.