Renewed interest in the 1989 case of two men convicted of killing their parents leads the LA district attorney to consider new evidence
district attorney announced last week his office would review new evidence in the Menéndez case, it marked the first time in decades that the brothers had any hope of a release.
“We have not decided on the outcome,” Gascón said at a press conference last week. “We are reviewing the information, but I think it’s also important that we recognize that both men and women can be the victims of sexual assault.”n August 1989, Lyle and Erik, then 21 and 18, shot their parents with shotguns multiple times as the couple was eating ice cream and watching television in their Beverly Hills mansion.
Jurors were unable to reach a verdict, resulting in a mistrial, but at a second trial in 1996, in which testimony about the abuse allegations was limited, they were convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.in prison, where they have earned college degrees and served as mentors and caregivers, wrote Kim Kardashian, who has met the brothers, in a recent
“Social media has played a crucial role in keeping the Menéndez brothers’ case in the public eye, captivating public interest and putting political pressure on the district attorney to re-examine the evidence,” he argued. There is no question they committed the killing. The question is to what degree of culpability should they be held accountable
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