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Menendez brothers make virtual court appearance to ask for resentencing
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A Superior Court judge postponed the resentencing hearing, in part because he wants to hear the views of the incoming district attorney.
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By Zoe Sottile, Jean Casarez, Nick Watt and Jason Kravarik, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — A judge in California has delayed a scheduled resentencing hearing for Lyle and Erik Menendez at the brothers’ first hearing since they were sentenced to life in prison for murdering their parents in 1989 and the lat…
Lyle and Erik Menendez will appear before a Los Angeles judge Monday in their effort to get a reduction in their life sentences, as the brothers-turned-murderers hope shifting public perceptions and their own rehabilitation can secure their paroles more than 35 years after they gunned down their par…
Erik and Lyle Menendez, the brothers convicted of murdering their parents in 1989 when they were 18 and 21, were sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. In a dramatic turn of events, the brothers, now in their 50s, could be freed.
Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic said that he needed time to review 17 boxes of documents and give a new district attorney in Los Angeles County time to weigh in on the case.
Erik and Lyle Menendez’s efforts to reduce their life-without-parole prison terms remain in limbo after the ouster earlier this month of Los Angeles County’s top prosecutor, who recommended a new sentence that could clear the way for the brothers’ release.
The Menendez brothers, serving life in prison for the 1989 murders of their parents, Jose and Kitty, will have to wait until the new year for a decision on their bid for release.
Erik and Lyle Menendez made a remote court appearance Monday in their bid to be released from prison. They were convicted of first-degree murder in 1997 for the 1989 killings of their parents.
Lyle and Erik Menendez, who were convicted of murdering their parents in 1989, are set to appear in court on Monday, marking their first public appearance in over 30 years.
The brothers who are currently incarcerated in California are expected to appear virtually for the status hearing, which is scheduled to start at 1:30 p.m. ET..
The high-profile murder of trial of the Menendez brothers has several moving parts and one of the biggest decision-makers will be the incoming Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman, who was a factor in Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic's decision to delay the resentencing hearing…
A Los Angeles judge delayed the resentencing hearing of Erik and Lyle Menendez, the high-profile killers who gunned down their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion in 1989, in a meeting in which the two appeared in public for the first time in nearly 30 years.
