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Relatives of Lyle and Erik Menendez on Wednesday called for their release from prison after more than 30 years as the Los Angeles County district attorney weighs new evidence in the murder of ...
More than three decades after Erik and Lyle Menendez killed their parents, the L.A. County district attorney will review what he described as new evidence that the brothers were molested.
The brothers, who were convicted of murder with special circumstances for the 1989 killings of Jose and Kitty Menendez, are serving life terms without the possibility of parole.
If the brothers are resentenced, then Erik Menendez, 53, and Lyle Menendez, 56, could "walk out" of prison after already serving 35 years for their parents' murders, Gascón said.
The brothers' family said Wednesday that the siblings should either be let go or given a new trial, citing the new evidence and the evolution in the understanding of sexual abuse victims.
The Los Angeles district attorney has released new “evidence” in the Lyle and Erik Menendez case that could potentially lead to a review of their life sentences for murder.
Oct. 16, that his office is continuing to review new evidence in the Menendez brothers’ case, acknowledging that there is now a more evolved approach to cases involving alleged sexual violence.
Erik and Lyle Menendez will be released from prison following new evidence pointing to them being victims of horrific sexual abuse at the hands of their father, Jose, whom they killed along with ...