Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted of murdering their parents in a case that shook America more than three decades ago, are a step closer to being released on parole.
A Los Angeles County district attorney has recommended that the brothers be resentenced by a judge because new evidence merited a review.
They are currently serving life in prison without possibility of parole in California.
For the brothers to gain their freedom, a judge would have to agree with the recommendation and then a parole board approve their release.
The 1989 murders of Kitty and Jose Menendez in their Beverly Hills mansion have gripped the US for years, recently inspiring a popular Netflix series.
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If they were women they wouldve been out ages ago.
There must be other prisoners that didn’t get the right justification
Plenty. And all injustices should be corrected and possible to be corrected.
I was molested very young. I don’t think they were molested at all.
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George Gascon, the LA District Attorney who pushed hard for the Menendez brothers’ resentencing, lost his re-election on Nov. 5 to former U.S. Assistant Attorney General Nathan Hochman. A change in District Attorney could have an significant impact on the future for the Menendez brothers’.