Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said the Menendez murder case is being reviewed by his office — naming two specific new factors in the case that prosecutors are looking at ahead of a court hearing next month.
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said the Menendez murder case is being reviewed by his office, naming two new factors that prosecutors are looking at ahead of a court hearing next month. Gascón said there could be potential for resentencing or possibly even a new trial. A hearing is set for Nov. 26. Lyle and Erik Menendez have spent nearly 35 years behind bars for fatally shooting their parents, Jose and Kitty, at their Beverly Hills mansion on the evening of Aug.
But they testified that they killed their parents in self-defense and told the jury about alleged sexual abuse at the hands of their father during an emotional, highly publicized first trial — with separate juries for each of them.With jurors divided, the judge declared a mistrial. But the brothers were later convicted of first-degree murder during a second trial in 1995 and prosecutors argued the brothers, who were 21 and 18 at the time of the killings, were lying about the alleged abuse.
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