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, prompting his attorney to call for his immediate release. Erik and his brother Lyle fatally shot their parents in 1989 and are seeking a resentencing.: Erik’s criminal attorney, Mark Geragos, told TMZ on Tuesday that his client’s condition is so serious that he’s asking Gov.
Gavin Newsom to release him immediately. Geragos said Erik is getting treatment in prison. LAist has reached out to Geragos for additional comment.to prove why the brothers should remain incarcerated. The order notes that lawyers for the Menendez brothers have two pieces of evidence they say could have changed the outcome of the brothers’ second murder trial.to 50 years to life in prison, meaning they are now eligible for parole. The decision came at the end of a Superior Court hearing in L.A., during which the lawyers for the brothers argued successfully that they no longer pose a risk to public safety.It will be up to a state parole board to determine if and when the brothers are released. That hearing is now set for late August.
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