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(NewsNation) — The Menendez brothers volition larn Friday whether they volition beryllium granted a resentencing hearing.
A justice is expected to regularisation connected a petition from the LA County District Attorney's Office to withdraw a resentencing petition. The imaginable resentencing proceeding is acceptable for April 17 oregon 18.
Lyle and Erik Menendez were convicted of shooting and sidesplitting their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, 30 years agone astatine their Beverly Hills home. They were sentenced to beingness successful situation without parole successful 1996.
The brothers’ lawsuit was reopened successful October of past year, erstwhile then-District Attorney George Gascón announced his bureau would reexamine the lawsuit successful airy of caller evidence, which included a letter alleging intersexual maltreatment purportedly written by Erik Menendez conscionable months earlier the shooting.
In a petition to retreat the resentencing petition, recently elected DA Nathan Hochman said the brothers person not yet afloat accepted work for their crimes.
Hochman said the brace “fall short” of showing “full insight” into their actions, adding: "They bash not conscionable the standards for rehabilitation."
Family members of the Menendez brothers pushed backmost connected Hochman's statements. 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.
Hochman said helium would see resentencing successful the aboriginal if the brothers “unequivocally, sincerely and afloat judge implicit work for each their transgression actions” and admit they fabricated a self-defense narrative.
NewsNation's Michael Ramsey contributed to this report.
