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He wrote a book about his sons upbringing and gruesome crimes.
However, as viewers saw in Netflixs true-crime dramatization, Judge William Gardner offered him a second chance.
I have reservations regarding Jeffs chances when he hits the streets.
Weve gotten very close since his .
arrest, he explained to Winfrey in 1994.
I still love my son.
Ill always stick by him; I always have.
Elsewhere in the interview, he also opened up about his attempts to rationalize his sons brutal actions.
I considered all kinds of things.
Was it environmental; genetic?
Was it the effect of, you know, the popular subject now, media violence?
Those are also questions that Lionel pondered in hisMarch 1994 memoir,A Fathers Story.
His mother didnt know.
I didnt know, and apparently, none of his playmates knew.
The ruling does not appear to have ever been announced to the public, however.
During the sitdown, the father of two reflected on his elder sons death.
When I find out that Jeff was murdered, it was just devastating, Lionel said.
It affected me very gravely.
As of September 2022, 86-year-old Lionel isliving in Seville, Ohio, with his wife Shari.
However, hes yet to publicly comment on Netflixs take on his and Jeffreys complex relationship.
