The Los Angeles District Attorney requested that Erik and Lyle Menéndez be resentenced amid renewed interest in their murder case. George Gascón announced the recommendation to have their sentences reduced on Thursday, October 24, during a live press conference. Gascón explained that if his recommendation is accepted, both would be “eligible for parole immediately” since they were under 26 years old when the crime occurred.
“They have been in prison for nearly 35 years. I believe that they have paid their debt to society,” he said on Thursday, adding that they are “safe to be integrated into society.” Now the suggestion is making its way to the judge on the case, who will have his suggestion go before the Board of Parole Hearings.
Erik, 53, and Lyle, 56, would either have to serve the remaining balance of the new sentence or they could be eligible for parole. Following the release of Netflix’s limited series Monsters and documentary The Menéndez Brothers , the siblings’ story reentered the spotlight. Erik, now 53, and Lyle, now 56, were convicted of murdering their parents, José and Kitty , in their Beverly Hills, California, home in 1989 when the brothers were 18 and 21, respectively.
They were ultimately sentenced to life in prison without parole in 1996. Gascón confirmed on October 3 that a hearing had been set amid new evidence that José allegedly molested his sons. “We have been given evidence.
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