Erik and Lyle Menendez Resentencing Hearing To Begin in Los Angeles

After Decades Spent in Prison and Lyle Menendez – And Months of Contentious Court Fights – A Judge Will The Brothers Should Be Resentenced, In A Murder Case That Still Divides America.

The Pair Are Serving Life For Prison Killing to Their Penents, Kitty and Jose Menendez, when they had a Popular Netflix Series Last Year.

Thursday’s Resententencing Hearing Will Determine Whether The Pair Should Resentenced to Lesser Penalty. If Approved IF, The Brothers Could Bececome Parole For Parole – Potentially Allowing Their Freedom.

Prosecutors at The Time Arik And Lyle Meticulously Planned The Killings So They Could Access Their Parents’ Fortune. The Current Los Angeles District Attorney Says The Brothers Have Continued to Cling to Lies About The Case.

But the Brothers’ LAWYERS Have Long Argued The Killings Were An Act of Self-Defense and Claimed Their Father Abused Them for Years. They Have Modified Pointed to Court Filings Detailing Their Rehabilitation During Their Years Lower Bars.

Here is what to expect the hearing – and a recap of How We got here.

The Brothers Shot and Killed Their Parents With Shotguns at Their Beverly Hills Mansion. There has been a long been Debate Over Their Motive.

Prosecutors Painted Them During Their Trials As Spoiled Rich Kids Who Wanted To Access Their Parents’ $ 14m (£ 10.7m) Fortune. They Argued That The Duo Methodically Bought Shotguns and Opened Fire on Their Penents 13 Times AS The Couple Watched TV – Before Going Gambling, To Parties and Shopping Sprees.

The Brothers Ultimately Admitted to the Killings – But Argued them-defense After Emotional Years, Physical and Sexual Abuse By Their Father Jose, A High-Powered Record Label Executive.

The Brothers’ Trial in 1993 Was One of the First High-Profile Murder Cases to Be Shown Live Television, Gripping Audences in The US and Globally.

It ended deadlocked, but in 1996, The Brothers were convicted by First-degree in Murder During the During the Judge Barred Many of their Claims Abuse sexual abuse. They are even imprisoned near San Diego.

A Judge Will Look at Evidence, Hear From Witnesses, and Ultimately Determine Whether Erik and Lyle Should Resentenced.

Will not be a re-trial, and guilt will not be a question. Much of the Focus Could Be On What The Brothers Have During Their 30 Years in Prison.

The Hearing – What Will Be Televised – Will Start Thursday in Los Angeles and Is Scheduled to Also Go Into Friday, Though It Could Wrap Up In A Single Day.

Both Sides – Lawyers For The Menendez Brothers and The District Attorney’s Office – Will The Brothers On the Brothers Should Or Should Resentenced.

They Will Also Be Able to Call People Testify. This could count the widowed Wide Variety, From People Involved In Prosing The Brothers in the 1990s or Prison Officials About The Brothers’ Last 30 Years Bars.

We Are Likely to Hear Menendez Family, Many of Whom Have Become outspoken Advocates for Erik and Lyle’s Release. But at Least One Member of the Family has been a Fierce Critical of the Effort to the Free Them.

Milton Anderson, Who is Kitty Menendez’s Brother, has called Brothers “Cold-Blooded” and has argued The Pair Should Remain Menende.

That is unclear. IF to Did, It Would A Significant Moment in The Case, and Would Leave Them Open to Questions From Prosecutors Who Oppose Their Release.

The Pair Have Previously Appeared Remotely at Hearings by Video Link. The BBC has asked the Whether They Will Appear in Person, and IF to Will Testify.

On a recent episode of His Podcast, Lawyer Mark Geragos Said He Had Not Decided Whether To Call Them to Stand.

“I Know Right Now That I Go Going On The Family Members,” Mr Geragos Said. “I know right now, I’ll Put Correctional Officers On The Stand. I Know Right Now I May Put Be Behavioural Scientists.”

The District Attorney’s Office has Similarly NE SAID Who Plans To Call To Testify.

After the Two-Day Hearing, Los Angeles County Judge Michael Will Rule On Whether The Brothers Should Resentenced.

But it is not clear if come at The Conclusion of the Hearing, or later.

Even If Judge Rules in Favour The Brothers Being Resentenced, They Will Not Be Immediately Released.

What Happens Next Will depend on What Type Of Sentence The Judge Offers The Brothers. There is a Chance They could be a New Given, Lesser Sentence That Would Make Them Immediately parole for eligible.

BUT Eligibility Does Not Guarantee Release; They Would Still Need to Convince A State Parole Board They Are No Longer to Danger to Society.

OR Judge Could For A Modified Sentence That Reduces Their Punishment But Does Not Immediately Open The Door to Parole. In That Case, The Brothers Could Several More Years Behore Before Before Imporable.

The Menendez Brothers Filed A Motion In 2023 Detailing New Evidence Alleging Childhood Sexual Abuse, And Requesting Their Convictions Be Vacated.

The Evidence included An Allegation of Rape from Band Menudo, Roy Rosselló, and a Letter Erik Menendez Wrote to A Cousin Eight Months Murders, What Detailed The Alleged Abuse.

The Top LA Prosecutor at The Time, George Gascón, Announced That HE Wearing The Resentencing Bid, Days in November 2024. He Denied The Announcement Was a Long Time Coming.

Gascon’s Announcement Came Shortly After A Popular Netflix Documentary and TV Drama Welcome To The New Generation To The Case. Many of the Brothers’ Supporters Suggest That IF On Today Trial, Their Allegations Of Abuse Of Seerly – Potentially Leading To A Very Different Outcome.

After Gascón Lost His Re-Election Bid, Nathan Hochman Took Over The His Office and The Menendez Case. Hochman Came Out forcefully Against Their Resententencing Request, and Said The Brothers Continued to Stick by a litany “Lies”.

“They have noted the full Insight Insight to Their Crimes,” He said. But Hochman Was rebuked by Judge Who Allowed The Resententencing Request to Move Forward.

The Brothers Have Been Following Three Paths An Effort to Win Their Freedom. The Other Two are:

1. Clemency from The Governor of California: This one could have reduced the sentence or Even a pardon, but not overturn the brothers’ convictions. Governor Gavin Newsom has been ordered to the parole board to conduct a disc assessment to the determine if they pose a danger to Society. A Hearing Is Scheduled in June to Discuss Findings
2. A New Trial: The Brothers’ Lawyers Have A New Trial, Pointing To Their Father And Arguing That Jurors Should Be A Lesser Sentence, Such Aslaughter. Hochman opposes this