Menendez Brothers To Get Their Day In Court, Again, Next Week

A small little than a period ago, the Menendez brothers’ ineligible squad revenge a motion to person Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman removed from their resentencing case. However, connected Friday, May 9, lawyer Mark Geragos rescinded that motion, calling it a strategical move, according to section media outlet ABC 7.

The move paid off, and nan brothers will erstwhile again get their time successful tribunal connected Tuesday, May 13, and Wednesday, May 14.

Erik and Lyle Menendez were arrested successful 1990 for nan execution of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, wrong their Beverly Hills location astir six months earlier. In 1996, they were sentenced to life successful situation without nan anticipation of parole.

However, their lawsuit regained some nationalist and ineligible attraction aft new grounds was submitted successful October 2024, which nan brothers opportunity proves that their begetter sexually abused them and that they murdered their parents retired of self-defense.

Why would Geragos rescind his motion?

According to Geragos, by rescinding his mobility to person Hochman removed from nan case, nan judge could see different mobility regarding nan brothers’ “Comprehensive Risk Assessment,” which was drafted by nan California Parole Board. Geragos based on that nan accusation elaborate successful nan assessment, which Hochman presented Friday, is not important capable to person nan resentencing petition initially revenge successful 2024 by erstwhile District Attorney George Gascón thrown out.

Hochman attempted to reason that some of nan brothers person demonstrated behaviour disqualifying them from being released from prison. For instance, Hochman said a scientist stated that Lyle has a consciousness of entitlement, displays narcissistic traits, and collapsed situation rules, according to ABC 7. While Erik has sold and utilized narcotics successful prison, had an forbidden cellphone, and helped different inmate perpetrate taxation fraud.  

However, nan judge yet sided pinch Geragos and denied Hochman’s petition to retreat nan resentencing request, based connected those assessments. Judge Michael Jesic ruled that nan brothers airs a “moderate risk” to society, should they beryllium released.

Resentencing group for May 13 and 14

Geragos is assured his clients will now person their resentencing hearing, unless they perpetrate what’s called a “super strike,” aliases awesome felony, successful situation betwixt now and nan day of their adjacent hearings, which are group for May 13 and 14, arsenic good arsenic a parole proceeding successful mid-June.

Erik and Lyle Menendez support that they killed their parents retired of self-defense, alleging that their father, a well-known intermezo executive, sexually abused them from a young age. However, prosecutors specified arsenic Hochman person based on that nan brothers lied astir nan maltreatment and murdered their parents to entree a multimillion-dollar inheritance. They were 18 and 21 years aged astatine nan clip of nan killings.