Sentenced in 1996 to life in prison without the possibility of parole, this decision will provide the brothers with a chance at freedom.
Prosecutors will recommend Erik and Lyle Menendez be resentenced for the 1989 killings of their parents in the family’s Beverly Hills home, providing the brothers with a chance at freedom after 34 years in jail.
Lyle, left, and Erik Menendez sit with defence lawyer Leslie Abramson, right, in Beverly Hills Municipal Court in November 1990.They were sentenced in 1996 to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Prosecutors must now seek court approval. The brothers’ extended family has pleaded for their release, saying they deserve to be free after decades behind bars. Several family members have said that in today’s world — which is more aware of the impact of sexual abuse — the brothers would not have been convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life.The Menendez brothers were tried twice for their parents’ murders, with the first trial ending in a hung jury.
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