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Menendez Brothers Denied Parole For Parents LA Murder
NEW DA Opposes Menendez Brothers Request For New Trial
DA Nathan Hochman urges judge to deny Menendez brothers request for a new trial CNN 22 FEB 2025 https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/...,w_1480,c_fill NEW L.A. County District Attorney Nathan Hochman recommended Friday that a judge reject Erik and Lyle Menendezs request for a new trial in the 1989 killings of their parents a petition the brothers filed over their claims of new evidence of abuse by their father. https://www.dailynews.com/wp-content...020.jpg?w=1585 Hochman declined, however, to announce his decision in the brothers separate resentencing request, saying he would address that issue in the coming weeks ahead of a hearing scheduled for 20/21 March. After serving more than three decades in prison for the grisly murders of their parents, Erik and Lyle Menendez have launched a multipart bid for their freedom: a resentencing request, a petition for clemency to California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the habeas corpus petition, which Hochman is now opposing. Though the brothers can still push for clemency or resentencing, Hochmans Friday announcement upends the powerful momentum that had been building in their favour under the district attorneys predecessor, George Gasc?n. The brothers? bid for freedom has gained renewed national attention due to the emergence of potential new evidence https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/...=w_1110,c_fill Erik Menendez left, and Lyle Menendez are shown in photos from the California Department of Corrections. |
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 https://www.nydailynews.com/wp-conte...41-1.jpg?w=856 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. https://usaherald.com/wp-content/upl...25/05/mark.jpg 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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LA Judge Reduces Menendez Brothers Murder Sentences
-Brothers Now Eligible For Parole MailOnline 14 MAY 2025 https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/05...7200197377.jpg The brothers appeared in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Tuesday, where Judge Michael Jesic reduced their sentences from life without parole to 50 years to life Menendez brothers finally own up to decades of lies to take full responsibility for killing parents as duo becomes eligible for parole The Menendez brothers took full responsibility for their heinous crimes moments before a judge agreed to resentence them against the advice of state authorities. Erik and Lyle were just 18 and 21 when they brutally murdered their parents Jose and Kitty Menendez inside their swanky Beverly Hills home in 1996. The brothers allege they snapped after suffering years of sexual abuse at the hands of their father, and were let down by their mother who turned a blind eye. Speaking to Judge Michael Jesic in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Tuesday, the duo both made extraordinary admissions of the guilt and shame they've carried in the decades that followed. https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/05...7200196104.jpg I take full responsibility. I killed my parents, Lyle, now 56, told the court. I made the choice to kill my mom and dad in their own home. I made the choice to make a mockery of the justice system. I offer no excuse and I dont blame my parents. Lyle went on to express his deep shame for what I did, adding: I was impulsive and immature. I bottled up my own emotions and anger. I was scared but also filled with rage. Had I had the coping skills and trusted others, I would have not done this. Even after I killed him, I still heard his voice. Erik also took full responsibility for his actions on the fateful night, telling the court and a room full of his relatives and supporters I lied to police. I lied to my family. I fired all five rounds at my parents and went back to reload. Im truly sorry. My actions were criminal, selfish, cruel and cowardly. I have no excuse, no justification for what I did. I take full responsibility for my crimes. The duo won over former LA District Attorney George Gasc?n, who supported their bid to be resentenced. However when he was ousted in late 2024, incoming DA Nathan Hochman took a vastly different approach to the case, rescinding the recommendation from his office to allow the men to walk free. Hochman argued that the duo were not ready to be resentenced because they had not entirely accepted guilt for their actions. https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/05...7220251009.jpg He said he does not believe the pair were sexually abused. https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/05...7220251033.jpg Our position is not no, its not never, its not yet, Hochman said. They have not fully accepted responsibility for all their criminal conduct. Judge Reduces Menendez Brothers Murder Sentences https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24HONoVASdg Menendez Brothers Eligible For Parole After Resentencing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hriyirlVsS4 |
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Menendez Brothers Parole DENIED in Parents LA Murder
Lyle Menendez Joins Brother Erik in Being Denied Parole BBC 23 AUG 2025 https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standar...791d7ba02d.jpg Lyle Menendez has been denied parole one day after his brother Erik was similarly blocked from being freed from prison after more than three decades. The Menendez brothers, who were convicted in the 1989 killings of their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion, were both rejected for release after separate, lengthy hearings before Californias parole board. It marks a major setback for the pair who had seen recent court wins that brought them closer than ever to freedom. The elder Menendez brother Lyle 57, who has long been portrayed as the dominant sibling, can try for parole again at a hearing in three years, though the panel said that could be reduced to 18 months with good behaviour. The parole board, which was composed of a different panel than his brother Erik faced on Thursday, said they found that there are still signs Lyle poses a risk to the public. The panel cited the brutal nature of the killings of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, his lack of self control and the signs that he still employs poor decision making. We find your remorse is genuine, parole commissioner Julie Garland told him, explaining the decision and noting all the positive changes he had made while in prison. But despite all those outward positives, we see you still struggle with anti social personality traits like deception, minimisation and rule breaking that lie beneath that positive surface, Garland said. The grisly murders and the trial that followed were among the criminal cases that defined the last century. During their trials in the 1990s, the brothers claimed the killings were done in self defence after years of sexual and emotional abuse from their father that they said was enabled by their mother. Prosecutors, though, argued they were greedy, entitled monsters who meticulously planned the killings then lied to authorities investigating the case while going on a $700,000 spending spree using money they had inherited. It was Lyle who at first told police that he believed his parents brutal deaths were a mob hit job. He also fashioned elaborate stories that involved people lying for him to cover up their involvement. Both were cited by the board in their reasoning against his release. The Menendez brothers were not arrested until police got word of their admissions to a psychologist. Im profoundly sorry for who I was for the harm that everyone has endured, Lyle told the board. I will never be able to make up for the harm and grief I caused everyone in my family. I am so sorry to everyone, and I will be forever sorry. Focus on Lyles Illicit Cell Phone Use in Prison Lyle faced a different panel of parole commissioners than his brother, who was denied release from prison on Thursday after a similarly lengthy hearing. Like his brother, Lyle also appeared virtually for the hearing from the San Diego prison where he has been housed. The proceedings stretched to more than 10 hours and concluded after the sun had set in Los Angeles. The panel reviewed whether Lyle posed a risk to society if released and examined his life before the killings and his time in prison. He was asked about his time as a student at Princeton University and how he was accused of plagiarism and suspended as a result, as well as speeding violations and burglary allegations. They also asked questions about moments of the killings, what led up to the murders and his motivation. The panel repeatedly brought up his illicit cell phone use in prison, which they said he appeared to have near constant access to for years. Commissioner Patrick Reardon, one member of the panel, questioned if they should give so much weight to all the positive things he did in prison like his schooling and programmes he created for inmates when he was constantly violating the rules. The panel noted he pleaded guilty to a mobile phone violation as recently as March of this year. In explaining their denial of his parole, commissioner Garland said incarcerated people who break rules are more likely to break rules in society.Although he had a tablet that he was allowed to use, Lyle explained that he continued to use mobile phones because it gave him more privacy Menendez Brothers Denied Parole https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxne....jpg?ve=1&tl=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP8H_8pKp5Y |
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