Menendez Brothers on Possible Path to Freedom
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Jose Menendez and his wife Kitty Menendez, the parents of Erik and Lyle Menendez, were shot and killed in their Beverly Hills mansion in August 1989. In July 1996, the Menendez brothers were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
The Menendez brothers will get their day in ... Attorney George Gascón emerged as a strong proponent of the brothers’ legal battle. Last fall, he asked the court to resentence the brothers ...
A judge ruled Friday that a resentencing hearing for brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez can go forward next week, potentially clearing a path to parole decades after they killed their parents.
"What makes the Menendez brothers’ case unique is that Governor Gavin Newsom ordered the CRA before Lyle and Erik were resentenced to a sentence that includes the possibility of parole," he said.
Lyle and Erik Menendez, who were convicted in the 1990s for the killing of their parents, José and Kitty Menendez, in their Beverly Hills home, are once again in the spotlight. This time, more than 35 years later,