Los Angeles prosecutor’s office asked to reopen Menendez case, on which the successful Netflix series ‘Monsters’ is based
The Los Angeles prosecutor’s office this Thursday requested to reopen the case of brothers Lyle and Eric Menendez, who were sentenced to life in prison for the 1996 murder of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, although the final The decision must be made by a judge.
The Los Angeles prosecutor explained, “After very careful review of all the arguments presented by people on both sides of this equation, I have concluded that they are within the law and that a new sentence is appropriate.” County District, George Gascon.
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón shakes the hand of a family member seated next to Joan Anderson Vandermolen, Kitty Menendez’s sister.
The prosecutor told a packed press room anticipating the verdict that he would recommend his decision to a court this Friday “to end the sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole and convict him of murder.”
The prosecutor’s decision could pave the way for the release of Lyle and Eric, who were sentenced to life without parole in a prison near San Diego.
Although the District Attorney’s recommendation carries weight when considering reopening a case, ultimately it will be the judge who will decide the brothers’ future. The case is to be heard in the last week of November.
“I think (the brothers) have paid their debt to society,” Gascón said.
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The Menendez brothers, now 56 and 53, were convicted after the second part of two highly publicized trials that combined their wealth and privilege as the children of a record company and entertainment industry executive at the time. The state was attracted to America.
Jose Menendez was shot in the back of the head and Kitty Menendez was shot 15 times in their Beverly Hills home. At the time, Lyle was 21 and Eric was 18.
Netflix has rekindled interest in the case.
A recent Netflix series dramatizing his story has revived interest in the case, but for more than a year defense attorneys have been in talks with prosecutors about overturning the conviction or requesting a new trial. However, new evidence has emerged that supports the brothers. It is claimed that she was sexually abused for years.
In their first trial, which was televised and ended in a hung jury in 1994, the brothers testified that both their parents had sexually abused them for years and that they had acted in self-defense, and that their father had Had threatened to kill if disclosure was made. Misbehavior.
Prosecutors argued that the couple were after their parents’ multimillion-dollar fortune.
A jury found him guilty in a second trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court, which was not televised, but the same jury avoided the death penalty, opting for life in prison.
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