L.A. judge resentences Menendez brothers, giving them chance at freedom [View all]
Source: Los Angeles Times
L.A. judge resentences Menendez brothers, giving them chance at freedom
Photos of Erik Menendez and Lyle Menendez from 2016 and 2018, respectively. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation / Associated Press)
By James Queally and Richard Winton
May 13, 2025 Updated 5:27 PM PT
The resentencing hearing for Erik and Lyle Menendez on Tuesday featured emotional testimony from family members, several of whom said in court that the brothers should be freed from prison for the shotgun killing of their parents more than 30 years ago.
The result, announced at the end of the day by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic, was a potential path to release. Jesic said he would resentence the brothers to 50 years to life, giving them a chance at a parole hearing. ... "I do believe they've done enough over the last 35 years that one day they should get that chance" to be released, the judge said.
Anamaria Baralt, often wiping away tears, testified that the relatives of victims Jose and Kitty Menendez wanted a judge to give her two cousins a lesser sentence than life without parole for the 1989 murders inside their Beverly Hills mansion.
"We all on both sides of the family say 35 years is enough," she said in the Van Nuys courtroom. "They are universally forgiven by both sides of their families."
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A California judge has reduced the Menendez brothers' murder sentences, making them eligible for parole.
May 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California judge has reduced the Menendez brothers' murder sentences, making them eligible for parole.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) 2025-05-14T00:25:53.699Z
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