1 00:00:10,574 --> 00:00:15,294 Speaker 1: You're listening to a Muma Mea podcast. Mumma Mea acknowledges 2 00:00:15,334 --> 00:00:18,134 Speaker 1: the traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast 3 00:00:18,214 --> 00:00:22,934 Speaker 1: is recorded on Hi. I'm Alex Nicholson from MMA MEA's 4 00:00:22,974 --> 00:00:26,574 Speaker 1: twice daily news podcast, The Quickie with Your Headlines for Thursday, 5 00:00:26,654 --> 00:00:31,254 Speaker 1: February twenty seven, Lawyers for Lyell and Eric Menendez say 6 00:00:31,294 --> 00:00:34,654 Speaker 1: California Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered the state Parole Board 7 00:00:34,694 --> 00:00:37,014 Speaker 1: to investigate whether the brothers would pose a risk to 8 00:00:37,054 --> 00:00:40,214 Speaker 1: the public if they are released. The pair have spent 9 00:00:40,254 --> 00:00:42,814 Speaker 1: nearly three decades in prison for the nineteen eighty nine 10 00:00:42,894 --> 00:00:46,134 Speaker 1: killing of their parents. The board will undertake a comprehensive 11 00:00:46,214 --> 00:00:49,734 Speaker 1: risk assessment into whether the brothers have been rehabilitated. Their 12 00:00:49,734 --> 00:00:53,054 Speaker 1: defense lawyers say they're grateful for Newsom's decision, adding they 13 00:00:53,134 --> 00:00:56,334 Speaker 1: understand this doesn't necessarily mean the sentences will be commuted. 14 00:00:56,934 --> 00:00:59,734 Speaker 1: Following the assessment, there will be a hearing allowing victims, 15 00:00:59,734 --> 00:01:03,534 Speaker 1: family members, and prosecutors to participate in the process. The 16 00:01:03,574 --> 00:01:06,414 Speaker 1: state's legal standard for parole is whether an inmate poses 17 00:01:06,454 --> 00:01:09,454 Speaker 1: an unreasonable risk to public safety That must be determined 18 00:01:09,534 --> 00:01:12,414 Speaker 1: before the governor can make a decision on commutation. The 19 00:01:12,454 --> 00:01:15,414 Speaker 1: brothers are pursuing multiple avenues to win their freedom, including 20 00:01:15,414 --> 00:01:18,574 Speaker 1: clemency from Newsom, a resentencing hearing, and a new trial. 21 00:01:19,254 --> 00:01:21,334 Speaker 1: The brothers were found guilty in the murders of their 22 00:01:21,454 --> 00:01:24,894 Speaker 1: entertainment executive father Jose and their mother, Kitty Menendez, and 23 00:01:24,934 --> 00:01:28,014 Speaker 1: sentenced to life in prison without parole. They began their 24 00:01:28,054 --> 00:01:30,494 Speaker 1: latest bid for freedom in recent years after their lawyers 25 00:01:30,534 --> 00:01:33,494 Speaker 1: said new evidence of their father's sexual abuse emerged, and 26 00:01:33,534 --> 00:01:35,774 Speaker 1: they have the support of most of their extended family. 27 00:01:36,254 --> 00:01:38,974 Speaker 1: A parcel containing a common date rape drug has led 28 00:01:38,974 --> 00:01:41,774 Speaker 1: police to a man allegedly preparing to supply more than 29 00:01:41,814 --> 00:01:45,054 Speaker 1: six point five tons of the prohibited substance worth more 30 00:01:45,094 --> 00:01:48,134 Speaker 1: than one hundred and thirty million dollars. Police stopped the 31 00:01:48,134 --> 00:01:50,294 Speaker 1: twenty seven year old as he was driving in western 32 00:01:50,294 --> 00:01:53,534 Speaker 1: Sydney on Tuesday, seizing about one hundred and ten kilos 33 00:01:53,534 --> 00:01:56,694 Speaker 1: of a drug commonly linked to sexual assaults. Police found 34 00:01:56,734 --> 00:01:59,734 Speaker 1: six point three tons of the drug, commonly known as butte, 35 00:01:59,854 --> 00:02:02,854 Speaker 1: at a storage facility in Homebush, and thirty thousand dollars 36 00:02:02,854 --> 00:02:05,654 Speaker 1: in cash at an address in Ashfield. Officers who were 37 00:02:05,654 --> 00:02:09,374 Speaker 1: conducting a firearms Prohibition Order compliance check found a parcel 38 00:02:09,374 --> 00:02:13,414 Speaker 1: sent from a storage facility containing approximately five liters of butte. 39 00:02:13,814 --> 00:02:16,374 Speaker 1: Police then found two hundred and twenty five kilos of 40 00:02:16,414 --> 00:02:19,134 Speaker 1: the drug at a postal facility and another twenty three 41 00:02:19,214 --> 00:02:21,814 Speaker 1: liters believed to be butte at a nearby post office. 42 00:02:22,174 --> 00:02:24,014 Speaker 1: This led to the arrest of the driver, who had 43 00:02:24,014 --> 00:02:26,894 Speaker 1: about one hundred and ten kilos in his possession, followed 44 00:02:26,894 --> 00:02:29,574 Speaker 1: by the hall of several tons in one storage facility. 45 00:02:30,094 --> 00:02:32,174 Speaker 1: A twenty eight year old woman was also arrested and 46 00:02:32,254 --> 00:02:35,134 Speaker 1: charged in relation to the find. Har Mass has handed 47 00:02:35,174 --> 00:02:37,734 Speaker 1: over the bodies of four Israeli hostages while it waits 48 00:02:37,814 --> 00:02:40,694 Speaker 1: for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners to be released by Israel 49 00:02:40,774 --> 00:02:44,174 Speaker 1: in return. The overnight exchange marks the final swap as 50 00:02:44,214 --> 00:02:47,294 Speaker 1: part of a fragile truce in Gaza. The ceasefire came 51 00:02:47,334 --> 00:02:50,734 Speaker 1: into effect on January nineteen and has largely held despite 52 00:02:50,814 --> 00:02:54,094 Speaker 1: numerous setbacks, but its first phase is due to end 53 00:02:54,094 --> 00:02:56,454 Speaker 1: this week, and the fate of its next phase, which 54 00:02:56,454 --> 00:02:59,694 Speaker 1: aims to end the war, remains unclear. Harmas says it 55 00:02:59,734 --> 00:03:03,654 Speaker 1: has not received any proposals so far. After days of impasse, 56 00:03:03,814 --> 00:03:06,774 Speaker 1: Egyptian mediators secured the handover of the bodies of the 57 00:03:06,774 --> 00:03:09,854 Speaker 1: final four hostages in the deal's first phase for six 58 00:03:09,974 --> 00:03:13,094 Speaker 1: hundred and twenty Palestinians either detained by Israeli forces in 59 00:03:13,134 --> 00:03:16,534 Speaker 1: Gaza or jailed in Israel. And in case you missed it, 60 00:03:16,614 --> 00:03:19,414 Speaker 1: Megan Markle has been making headlines for months now thanks 61 00:03:19,454 --> 00:03:21,654 Speaker 1: to the launch of her new lifestyle brand. As Ever, 62 00:03:22,054 --> 00:03:25,014 Speaker 1: the business venture is set to sell, among other things, 63 00:03:25,054 --> 00:03:28,494 Speaker 1: some very exclusive and much hyped jam. But what you 64 00:03:28,574 --> 00:03:30,934 Speaker 1: may not know is that it looks like Catherine, Princess 65 00:03:30,974 --> 00:03:33,694 Speaker 1: of Wales is coming for her condiment crown. During a 66 00:03:33,734 --> 00:03:36,854 Speaker 1: recent visit to Meadow Street Community Garden in Wales, Princess 67 00:03:36,894 --> 00:03:40,094 Speaker 1: Catherine was overheard promising a group of local gardeners she'd 68 00:03:40,094 --> 00:03:43,534 Speaker 1: send them her personal plum jam recipe. Kate and her 69 00:03:43,614 --> 00:03:46,094 Speaker 1: husband William, Prince of Wales were visiting the area for 70 00:03:46,174 --> 00:03:49,294 Speaker 1: multiple engagements and took some time to peruse the gardens. 71 00:03:49,694 --> 00:03:51,614 Speaker 1: The chat turned to jam after one of the women 72 00:03:51,654 --> 00:03:53,814 Speaker 1: in attendance at the garden showed off a plum tree 73 00:03:53,814 --> 00:03:56,934 Speaker 1: the group had grown. That's the latest news headlines. On 74 00:03:56,974 --> 00:03:59,414 Speaker 1: tomorrow's episode of The Quickie, we explore all the fan 75 00:03:59,534 --> 00:04:02,254 Speaker 1: theories surrounding the new season of the White Lotus and 76 00:04:02,374 --> 00:04:05,574 Speaker 1: learn about the impacts of abortion deserts. Listen to The 77 00:04:05,654 --> 00:04:10,374 Speaker 1: Quickie wherever you get your podcasts.