A California decide resentenced Erik and Lyle Menendez on Tuesday, clearing the way in which for the brothers to presumably be launched from jail someday within the close to future. In line with NBC Information, Superior Court docket Decide Michael Jesic handed down a brand new sentence of fifty years to life in jail with the opportunity of parole.
Erik and Lyle had been initially sentenced to life in jail with out the opportunity of parole after being convicted of murdering their dad and mom, José and Kitty Mendez, in 1996. In recent times, nevertheless, the discharge of latest proof, the recognition of the Netflix collection The Mendez Brothers: Homicide Most Foul, and elevated consciousness of the sexual abuse the brothers endured by the hands of their father have sparked a shift in public opinion, with many individuals calling for a resentencing.
The brothers will subsequent seem earlier than a state parole board on June thirteenth.
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