Menéndez brothers seek a new judicial sentence

Prosecutors will recommend that the Menéndez Brothers be sentenced again for the murders of their parents in 1989.

This will give Erik and Lyle a chance at freedom after 34 years behind bars

An official confirmed that Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón would recommend a new sentence.

José and Kitty’s children were sentenced in 1996 to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

They seek judicial approval

Prosecutors must now seek judicial approval for their recommendation of a new sentence for the Menéndez brothers.

Relatives of Erik and Lyle have called for their release and say they deserve to be free after decades behind bars.

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They were tried twice and the first trial ended without the jury being able to reach an agreement.

At the time, prosecutors maintained that there was no evidence of sexual abuse of the Menéndez brothers.

However, not all members of the Menéndez family are in favor of a new sentence.

Lawyers for Milton Anderson, Kitty’s brother, filed a legal brief asking the court to uphold the brothers’ original sentence.

«They shot his mother, Kitty, reloading the gun to ensure her death,» Anderson’s lawyers said.

«The evidence remains overwhelmingly clear: the jury’s verdict was fair and the punishment fits the heinous crime.»

This case gained new momentum in recent weeks after Netflix broadcast a series and a documentary about the Menéndez brothers.

Among the evidence that is under review by the prosecutor’s office There is a letter written by Erik Menéndez.

According to his lawyers, he corroborates the accusations that his father sexually abused him.

We will have to be very attentive to the outcome of this tragic story.