More than 20 relatives of Erik and Lyle Menendez are meeting with the Los Angeles County District Attorney to advocate for their resentencing.
A family-led coalition advocating for the resentencing of Erik and Lyle Menendez will be meeting with Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman on Friday. The meeting will include more than 20 members of Jose and Kitty Menendez's family who fully support a resentencing process that reflects Erik and Lyle's abuse, trauma, and demonstrated rehabilitation over the last 35 years.
'As we prepare to meet with DA Hochman, our family is hopeful for an open and fair discussion,' read the statement. 'Despite the abuse they endured as children and the unfairness of their current sentence, Erik and Lyle Menendez have spent the last three decades taking responsibility for their actions and contributing positively to their community through leadership and rehabilitation. During our meeting with DA Hochman, we look forward to sharing our perspective on Erik and Lyle's immense personal growth over the last 35 years, and the ways in which we plan to support them in their next chapters. We hope that this meeting will put us a step closer to spending next Christmas reunited as a family.' Hochman has told ABC News that he plans to review all the evidence in the brothers' case. In 1989, Lyle and Erik - who were 21 and 18 at the time - fatally shot their parents in the family's Beverly Hills home. The defense claimed the brothers acted in self-defense after enduring years of sexual abuse by their father, but prosecutors alleged they killed for money. In 1996, after the second trial -- during which the judge barred much of the sex abuse evidence -- the brothers were convicted and both sentenced to two consecutive terms of life without parole. Last month, Bryan Freedman, the lawyer representing 24 relatives who support the immediate release of the brothers, said he intends to petition the Los Angeles Superior Court to transfer the case to the California Attorney General's Offic
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