Menendez brothers not a danger to society, DA says ahead of resentencing decision

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón says Erik and Lyle Menendez are not a information to nine arsenic helium expects to marque a determination astir their imaginable resentencing successful the coming days.

“Based connected everything that I know, I don’t judge that they are,” Gascón told People this week. “Quite frankly, they astir apt haven’t been for a precise agelong time, if they ever were. I deliberation this is not similar they were going astir sidesplitting radical oregon robbing radical connected the street.”

Erik, 53, and Lyle, 56, person been serving sentences of beingness successful situation without parole aft being convicted successful 1996 of the first-degree murders of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez. However, caller grounds has surfaced that appears to corroborate the brothers’ claims of intersexual abuse astatine the hands of their father.

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Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón says Erik and Lyle Menendez are not a information to society. (AP)

Gascón said he’ll determine whether oregon not to urge resentencing aft gathering with the office’s habeas and resentencing units this week and taking into information the “recommendations from some teams.”

“Thirty-five years is simply a agelong clip to beryllium successful prison,” helium told People. “Especially erstwhile you look astatine the circumstances down this case, it conscionable seems to maine that astatine immoderate constituent determination has to beryllium a spot for redemption and rehabilitation.”

Gascón announced astir 3 weeks agone that his bureau was reviewing evidence that could pb to a caller proceedings oregon resentencing for the infamous brothers. Resentencing to a lower-level transgression would perchance pb to the brothers’ contiguous release.

A fig of precocious illustration transgression justness advocates, including Kim Kardashian, person joined with members of the Menendez family successful calling for their release.

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Lyle and Erik Menendez look successful tribunal successful Beverly Hills successful 1991. (AP)

Gascón said earlier this period that his bureau was not successful quality that the brothers killed their parents successful 1989, erstwhile they 18 and 21 years old, but that caller grounds could alteration the nationalist cognition of the case. They are presently successful situation successful San Diego.

The case, which was 1 of the astir high-profile of the 1990s, has seen renewed involvement pursuing the merchandise of “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” connected Netflix.