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Watch reside because the household of the Menendez brothers holds a press convention on Wednesday (16 October) to debate the pending evaluate of their life sentences.
The household of Erik and Lyle Menendez will advocate for the brothers’ launch from jail throughout a information convention on Wednesday in downtown Los Angeles.
It comes as prosecutors evaluate new proof to find out whether or not the pair, who have been the topic of a brand new Netflix present, must be serving life sentences.
Erik Menendez, now 53, and his 56-year-old brother, Lyle Menendez, are presently in state jail with out the potential of parole after being convicted of killing their dad and mom of their Beverly Hills mansion greater than 35 years in the past.
Billed as “a robust present of unity” by greater than a dozen relations — together with the brothers’ aunt — who’re touring throughout the nation to Los Angeles, the information convention will happen lower than two weeks after LA County District Legal professional George Gascón introduced his workplace was trying on the brothers’ case once more.
Lyle Menendez, who was then 21, and Erik Menendez, then 18, admitted they fatally shot-gunned their leisure government father, Jose Menendez, and their mom, Kitty Menendez, in 1989 however mentioned they feared their dad and mom have been about to kill them to stop the disclosure of the daddy’s long-term sexual molestation of Erik.
