Lyle, left, and Erik Menendez sit with defense attorney Leslie Abramson in Beverly Hills Municipal Court during a hearing, Nov. 26, 1990.Photo by Nick Ut/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

After resentencing recommended for Erik and Lyle Menendez, freedom won't come quickly

Some have called the latest development in the case politically motivated and the result of a recent Netflix documentary about the notorious crime

by · National Post

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Erik and Lyle Menendez still have a long way to go before they can walk out of prison, even though the Los Angeles County district attorney has recommended their life-without-parole sentences be thrown out and the brothers be resentenced and immediately eligible for parole.

The brothers, convicted in the 1989 killings of their parents at the family’s Beverly Hills mansion, will need to get a judge to go along with the recommendation Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon made Thursday and then a parole board must approve their release. The final stop is with Gov. Gavin Newsom, who could reject the board’s decision.

Menendez brothers, Erik and Lyle, who murdered their parents in 1989, could get parole in resentencing bidLOS ANGELES — 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 behind bars.Stefanie Dazio, Jaimie Ding and Christopher Weber, 25 Oct 2024Family of Erik and Lyle Menendez say the brothers were 'brutalized' and call for their releaseLOS ANGELES (AP) — Multiple generations of family members of Erik and Lyle Menendez pleaded for the brothers’ release from prison on Wednesday, saying they deserve to be free despite life sentences for the 1989 killings of their parents in Beverly Hills because they had been “brutalized” and sexually abused by their father.Stefanie Dazio, 17 Oct 2024