- The judge dismissed the new process of the Menndez brothers for the murder of his parents.
- They shortened their sentence to 50 years with the possibility of conditional release.
The judge of the Losangel Court dismissed the application for a new trial with the brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez, who were convicted of the murder of his parents in 1996, He writes TASR according to Tuesday’s reports of AP and AFP agencies.
Judge William C. Ryan so He rejected a request for review of the verdicts in their case based on new evidence supporting the claims of the brothers about sexual abuse by their father. The verdict was heard just a few weeks after it was both brother – separately – also rejected the application for conditional release.
The judge stated that new evidence was potentially “slightly confirmed” by the claims that the brothers were indeed sexually abused. However, according to him, they do not reflect the fact that both committed a thoughtful and pre -prepared murder. “The evidence presented is not convincing enough to raise justified doubts with at least one of the jurors, ” stated the judge. According to him, the evidence does not follow “that the brothers are afraid of immediate threat”. Both brothers can still appeal towards the verdict, AFP is approaching.
The two -member court commission dismissed 22 August after a full -day listening to Lyle Menendez (57) conditional release for three years. At that time, the commission members stated that the elderly of the brothers still shows “antisocial personality features such as tendencies to lie, downplay or violation of the rules”. Similarly, such a request was also rejected by such a request to Erik Menendez (54), saying that he still poses a “disproportionate risk to public security”.
The hearing on the conditional release of the brothers allowed the May verdict, which reduced their original life sentence to 50 years with the possibility of conditional release. They will be able to apply for conditional release for three years again. Rather, they could also get out of prison if California Governor Gavin News awarded them mercy.
The brothers murdered their parents José and Kitty Menendez in August 1989. Initially, they blamed the mafia of their death, but in the coming months they changed their testimony several times. Erik, then 18, confessed to his murders to his therapist. The couple then claimed that she acted in self -defense after years of emotional and sexual abuse by the Father. According to prosecutors, it was a cynical attempt to obtain large family property.
The case of Menendez brothers has recently reached the center of media attention to the public, thanks to the 2024 series inspired by their story and streaming on the Netflix platform.
