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Judge Allows Menendez Brothers Resentencing-Celebrity Lawyer Mark Geragos Update
Judge Allows Menendez Brothers Resentencing Hearing to Move Forward
Menendez Brothers Celebrity Lawyer Mark Geragos Gives Update on Resentencing Hearing
AP 12 MAY 2025
A Southern California judge paved the way for a re-sentencing hearing for Erik and Lyle Menendez in the murder of their parents in 1989.
In Van Nuys, Judge Michael Jesic denied a request by the Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman to withdraw a previous motion that supported the re-sentencing of Lyle, 57, and Erik, 54, Menendez.
They appeared via video in the courtroom.
Cooper Koch, who played Lyle Menendez in the recent Ryan Murphy Netflix series Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story the renewed interest in the case, appeared in the courtroom.
The brothers have spent 35 years in prison for the murders of their parents, Kitty and Jose Menendez.
Their case was under review last year by then Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon. His recommendation was they should be resentenced to 50 years to life, which would make them immediately eligible for parole.
But his successor, Hockman, said in March that the resentencing request should be withdrawn and the brothers shouldnt get out of jail.
The prosecution, during a three hour presentation Friday that included graphic scene images, claimed the brothers still hunker down in their bunker of lies and deception.
The brothers attorney, Mark Geragos, described Hochman as a 90s Neanderthal for dismissing the brothers allegations of sexual abuse at the hands of their father.
On Thursday, eight relatives of the Menendez brothers told ABC News they are unanimous in supporting Erik and Lyle Menendezs release from prison.
The clemency hearing is expected to happen on June 13.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86DLNPyiVeo
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