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(NewsNation) — A California justice has ruled successful favour of resentencing Erik and Lyle Menendez giving the brothers a accidental astatine state aft much than 30 years successful situation for the execution of their parents.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic resentenced the brothers to 50 years to life, making them eligible for parole. Even with the decision, the brothers indispensable inactive unafraid support from the state's parole committee to permission prison.
Both brothers took afloat work for their actions successful their statements during the proceeding Tuesday. The resentencing hearing was owed to past 2 days but wrapped wrong a day.
The brothers person served much than 3 decades successful situation for the 1989 fatal shootings of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez.
Sentenced to beingness successful situation without the anticipation of parole astatine 18 and 21, the lawsuit was reopened successful October 2024 erstwhile then-District Attorney George Gascón announced his bureau would reexamine the lawsuit successful airy of new evidence.
That grounds included a missive alleging intersexual maltreatment purportedly written by Erik Menendez months earlier the shooting.
But Hochman, who bushed retired Gascón successful November's election, has tried and failed doubly to retreat the resentencing petition and maintains the brothers haven't yet accepted work for the crimes.
His bureau has besides said it does not judge the brothers were sexually abused by their father.
Family members — and fans of the Netflix amusement "Monsters" — person refuted Hochman's claims and led the propulsion for resentencing.
In March, the brothers' cousin Tamara Goodell told a rally of resentencing supporters that “kids prevarication erstwhile they’re scared, erstwhile they consciousness intimidated, and erstwhile they go traumatized.”
“But they turn up, they learn, and they instrumentality responsibility,” Goodell said.
The judge's determination could travel successful the signifier of a written ruling oregon from the seat this week.
