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(NewsNation) — The Los Angeles territory lawyer is acceptable to springiness an update Monday connected the lawsuit presumption of the Menendez brothers, who person been successful situation for nearly 3 decades aft the 1989 killing of their parents.
Erik and Lyle Menendez had been pushing for a caller trial, citing caller grounds of their father’s intersexual abuse, but District Attorney Nathan Hochman cast uncertainty over the grounds and opposed their petition, calling the brothers’ intersexual maltreatment claims “untrustworthy.”
“Sexual maltreatment successful this concern whitethorn person been a information for Erik and Lyle to bash what they did, but it does not represent self-defense,” Hochman said past month.
But Hochman said helium had yet to marque a determination connected their resentencing bid, which could pb to the brothers' freedom.
The brothers’ lawsuit was re-opened successful October of past year, erstwhile then-District Attorney George Gascón announced that his bureau would reexamine the lawsuit successful airy of the caller evidence, which included a letter alleging intersexual maltreatment purportedly written by Erik Menendez conscionable months earlier helium and his brother, Lyle, fatally changeable their parents successful Beverly Hills.
Following an archetypal mistrial, the Menendez brothers were convicted and sentenced to beingness imprisonment successful 1996 without anticipation of parole. The brothers were 21 and 18 astatine the time.
This operation of 2 booking photos provided by the California Department of Corrections shows Erik Menendez, left, and Lyle Menendez. (California Dept. of Corrections via AP)The Menendez brothers, present successful their 50s, person spent astir 30 years successful prison. According to household subordinate Tamara Goodell, they person “created careers for themselves” portion incarcerated, starting galore adjacent enactment groups and initiatives.
They person besides submitted a clemency plea to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who antecedently said he would not marque a decision until Hochman reviewed the case.
The lawsuit has gained caller traction aft Netflix began streaming the true-crime drama “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story."
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
