Anamaria Baralt -- Erik and Lyle's cousin -- also reacted to our "2 Angry Men" podcast episode where we dove in with the brothers ... calling Erik and Lyle "amazing" -- adding the whole family was proud of their appearance. She also says the family was told just before Governor Newsom announced he would direct the parole board to review their case.
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00:00Lyle and Eric appeared on a Two Angry Men podcast, it was with Mark Garagos and Harvey
00:07Levin.
00:08I wondered what the family's thoughts were about the rehabilitation and talking about
00:14the hospice that they created, the hospice program, and also, you know, about the trauma
00:19that they endured while behind bars this whole time.
00:23What's been your thoughts when you heard that?
00:24Thank you, so the question is what was our reaction to the Two Angry Men podcast that
00:29they called into?
00:30They're amazing, right?
00:31Yeah, they really are.
00:34I was so happy they did that because the world really, I can stand up here and tell you about
00:38the amazing men that they are, but when you actually hear them and talk, especially when
00:44they are talking about the projects that they have done behind bars that they are so incredibly
00:48proud of.
00:49You know, Eric, with the hospice, the question was about his hospice, so he educates other
00:55inmates about how empathy and compassion towards the inmates that are disabled, who
01:02have issues, so that they can, when they are released, that they can go on to be members
01:06of society with empathy, with compassion for the people in their communities.
01:11It is stunning.
01:12It is stunning.
01:13We were, I know I can speak for every member of our family, we were so incredibly proud
01:17of them.
01:19We are so incredibly proud of them.
01:21And the last question, did the governor inform any of you that he'd be short-circuiting the
01:26process by sending this case to be reviewed by the parole board?
01:31So the governor, with the risk assessment that is going through that track, that is
01:37a different track than the resentencing, so it is definitely, I wouldn't say that it is
01:41short-circuiting, those are two parallel paths that are happening.
01:45Did he contact any of the family that you guys know he was doing that?
01:49Yes, we were contacted almost immediately before he announced it, that he was doing
01:54that, with a little bit of the caveat of, okay, don't get us too excited, this is a
01:59very rigorous process, but we're starting.