The household of Erik and Lyle Menendez will meet with the Los Angeles County district legal professional on Friday in a continued push for a diminished sentence for the brothers, who’re serving life with out parole for the closely publicized 1989 murders of their dad and mom.
Over 20 family members are anticipated to take a seat down with District Attorney Nathan Hochman to indicate their “assist for a resentencing course of that displays Erik and Lyle’s abuse, trauma, and demonstrated rehabilitation over the past 35 years,” the family-led Justice for Erik and Lyle Coalition mentioned in a press release.
Erik and Lyle were sentenced in 1996, after two trials, for the capturing deaths of Jose and Kitty Menendez on the household’s Beverly Hills residence on Aug. 20, 1989. The brothers’ first separate trials ended with hung juries after they may not ship a unanimous verdict, however they have been convicted of first-degree homicide throughout a joint retrial.
The brothers mentioned they shot their dad and mom after years of horrific sexual abuse by the hands of their father — an allegation disputed by prosecutors, who argued the claims have been false. Prosecutors mentioned Erik and Lyle dedicated the murders for monetary achieve.
The trials of the Menendez brothers turned media sensations and have been broadcast reside throughout the nation. The killings of their dad and mom have since been the topic of a number of dramatizations and true crime documentaries, most lately a high profile series and a film that were both on Netflix.
The coalition mentioned they hope the assembly with Hochman can present “an open and truthful dialogue.”
“Despite the abuse they endured as kids and the unfairness of their present sentence, Erik and Lyle Menendez have spent the final three a long time taking duty for his or her actions and contributing positively to their group by management and rehabilitation,” the assertion learn.
“During our assembly with DA Hochman, we stay up for sharing our perspective on Erik and Lyle’s immense private progress over the past 35 years and the methods through which we plan to assist them of their subsequent chapters,” the coalition mentioned. “We hope that this assembly will put us a step nearer to spending subsequent Christmas reunited as a household.”
