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Menendez brothers’ uncle opposes their release from prison

Headline from NBC Los Angeles, on the newest of 2 developments

Milton Anderson, the brother of Kitty Menendez, said Lyle and Erik Menendez committed killed their parents for “financial gains.”

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  1. Family members ask for Menendez brothers to be resentenced in parents’ murders

    Headline from Courthouse News Service ·

  2. Newest

    Menendez brothers’ uncle opposes their release from prison

    Headline from NBC Los Angeles ·

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37 articles, oldest first.

  1. NBC 6 South Florida

    Family of Lyle and Erik Menendez plead for brothers' release from prison (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    NBC 6 South Florida's feed description

    Family members of Lyle and Erik Menendez plead for the brothers' release from prison at a news conference in downtown Los Angeles.

  2. 6ABC Philadelphia

    Family members to speak on new push to release Menendez brothers from prison (opens 6ABC Philadelphia)

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    6ABC Philadelphia's feed description

    Nearly two dozen relatives of the Menendez brothers are set to gather to put pressure on the district attorney to officially recommend resentencing.

  3. Newsweek

    Menendez Brothers' family, Rosie O'Donnell to make plea for their freedom (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Nearly two dozen Menendez family members will gather in LA to support Lyle and Erik, who seek a review of their 1996 murder convictions.

  4. Foxla

    Menendez Brothers: Erik and Lyle's family push for their release from prison (opens Foxla)

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    Foxla's feed description

    More than a dozen family members of Erik and Lyle Menendez called for the release of the brothers from prison after the killings of their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion 35 years ago.

  5. Washington Times

    More than a dozen relatives of brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez call for their release from prison (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    More than a dozen family members of Erik and Lyle Menendez on Wednesday called for the release of the brothers from prison after the killings of their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion 35 years ago.

  6. Courthouse News Service

    Family members ask for Menendez brothers to be resentenced in parents’ murders (opens Courthouse News Service)

    Published

    Courthouse News Service's feed description

    Attorney Mark Geragos said he hopes to have the brothers released by the end of the year.

  7. Triblive

    More than a dozen relatives of brother Erik and Lyle Menendez call for their release from prison (opens Triblive)

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    Triblive's feed description

    LOS ANGELES — More than a dozen family members of Erik and Lyle Menendez on Wednesday called for the release of the brothers from prison after the killings of their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion 35 years ago. The news conference in downtown Los Angeles was the largest gathering

  8. ABC 7 New York

    Menendez brothers' relatives speak out at news conference, calling for their release from prison (opens ABC 7 New York)

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    ABC 7 New York's feed description

    More than a dozen family members of Erik and Lyle Menendez called for the release of the brothers after the killings of their parents 35 years ago.

  9. The Columbian

    Menendez brothers’ family to push for their release as prosecutors review 1989 case (opens The Columbian)

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    The Columbian's feed description

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — The extended family of Erik and Lyle Menendez will advocate for the brothers’ release from prison during a news conference set for Wednesday in downtown Los Angeles as prosecutors r

  10. KTVZ Bend

    Family members stand behind Lyle and Erik Menendez as they await a decision that could see them released from prison (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    By Chelsea Bailey, Amanda Musa and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Relatives of Lyle and Erik Menendez on Wednesday made impassioned pleas for their release from prison after more than 30 years as the Los Angeles County district attorney weighs new evidence in the murder of their parents.

  11. Time

    Why the Menendez Brothers' Family Is Calling for Release (opens Time)

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    Time's feed description

    Family members of Erik and Lyle Menendez called for the pair’s release and resentencing at a Wednesday news conference in Los Angeles.

  12. Latin Times

    The Menendez Brothers May Be Closer to Being Released (opens Latin Times)

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    Latin Times's feed description

    The Netflix series 'Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story' started a new wave of support for the brothers.

  13. Fox News

    Menendez brothers inch closer to freedom from 'life without parole' for parents' Beverly Hills murders (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Supporters of Lyle and Erik Menendez rally outside Los Angeles' Hall of Justice to call for a new sentence and release from prison after the 1989 murders of their parents.

  14. New York Post

    Menendez brothers’ family call for killer siblings to be resentenced after 30 years behind bars for parents’ gruesome murder (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    The family of Lyle and Erik Menendez called for the killer brothers to be resentenced after serving more than 30 years behind bars for the vicious 1989 shotgun murder of their parents Wednesday.

  15. The Guardian

    Menendez brothers’ family plead for their release: ‘They deserve a chance to heal’ (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Relatives of both parents deliver emotional testimony in LA of abuses brothers endured and call for resentencing

  16. NBC Los Angeles

    Menendez brothers’ uncle opposes their release from prison (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    NBC Los Angeles's feed description

    Milton Anderson, the brother of Kitty Menendez, said Lyle and Erik Menendez committed killed their parents for “financial gains.”

  17. ABC 30 Fresno

    Menendez brothers' uncle says they should not be released (opens ABC 30 Fresno)

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    ABC 30 Fresno's feed description

    Kitty Menendez's brother, Milton Andersen, said through an attorney that he wants Erik and Lyle Menendez to remain in prison.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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