Menendez Brothers
Get New Sentence, 50 Years to Life …
Parole Board Is Subsequent Cease
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Erik and Lyle Menendez can have a good time a brand new courtroom victory — the decide gave them a brand new sentence, which permits for parole … so now, they’ll get out of jail after dealing with the state parole board.
The brothers attended Tuesday’s resentencing listening to by video, they usually have been emotional because the decide modified their sentence to 50 years to life … as an alternative of the life with out chance of parole sentence they initially bought.
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Menendez members of the family — lots of whom testified they needed Erik and Lyle to be launched from jail — additionally erupted in pleasure, hugging one another in courtroom as they celebrated their new sentences.
Throughout the listening to, the Menendez brothers admitted their crime, and even confessed they’d gone again outdoors to reload their shotguns … earlier than returning to kill their mom.
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As you already know, the brothers’ lawyer, Mark Geragos — who cohosts our “2 Offended Males” podcast — has been pushing for the brothers to obtain a lowered sentence for months, citing their rehabilitation efforts whereas behind bars for greater than 3 a long time.
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Now, Tuesday’s choice actually would not transfer Erik and Lyle any nearer to launch than they already have been … because of the truth Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the state parole board, again in February, to start reviewing their case.
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Whereas former Los Angeles County District Lawyer George Gascón supported Erik and Lyle’s movement for resentencing, his successor — D.A. Nathan Hochman — has unequivocally stood in opposition to resentencing … repeatedly calling on the brothers to take duty, acknowledge their lies, and apologize for killing their mother and father.
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The D.A.’s workplace obtained a ton of flak from Menendez members of the family for exhibiting graphic crime scene pictures final month throughout a listening to.
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Hochman apologized, with just a few caveats, on “TMZ Stay” … however maintained it was finished within the curiosity of sharing the complete scope of the crime with the decide.
Geragos fired again later … claiming the D.A.’s workplace uncared for to debate the rehabilitation efforts of Erik and Lyle in any approach — and, they used the crime scene pictures for his or her sheer shock worth.
The following cease for Erik and Lyle might be a June 13 date with the parole board, and in the event that they’re granted parole, and Gov. Newsom indicators off on it … they will be launched.
Even when the board refuses to grant parole, Newsom may grant them clemency.
