The district attorney of Los Angeles County says he does not support resentencing for Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted of killing their parents in 1989.
A teenager in Wisconsin who allegedly killed his mom told authorities he had concocted the plan after watching the The Menendez Brothers Netflix documentary.
The new Los Angeles District Attorney, Nathan Hochman, has decided to withdraw the previous recommendation to reduce the life sentence of the Menendez brothers, Lyle and Erik.
The governor of California seemed to be reacting to the new L.A. district attorney's attitude about victimhood when he ordered a Parole Board risk assessment for the incarcerated Menendez brothers.
A Wisconsin teenager accused of butchering his mother claims the murderous rage was inspired by a Netflix documentary he watched about the Menendez brothers — and his chilling last words to his dying mother have been revealed,
The release of Ryan Murphy's 'Monsters' has brought renewed attention on Erik and Lyle Menendez's attempts to appeal their life sentence
With their hopes for parole taking a significant hit, Lyle and Erik Menendez have two other paths to their potential release.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney withdraws recommendation to reduce the prison sentences of Erik and Lyle Menendez for the 1989 murders of their parents
May 2023: Attorneys for the Menendez brothers ask the court to reconsider the conviction and sentence in light of new evidence from a former member of the boy band Menudo, who said he was raped by Jose Menendez when he was 14. In addition, they submit a letter that Erik wrote to his cousin about his father’s abuse before the killings.
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman on Monday said Lyle and Erik Menendez must fully acknowledge lies they told about the shotgun murder of their parents 35 years ago before he would support their release from prison.
Erik and Lyle Menendez still have paths to freedom. But the new district attorney is trying to roll back an effort by his predecessor to ease their punishment for killing their parents.
The Menendez brothers won’t be going free anytime soon if LA’s hard-bitten new district attorney gets his way. Prosecutor Nathan Hochman asked a court on Monday to withdraw his predecessor’s motion to resentence the killer kin and make them elligible for parole after they executed their parents with shotguns in 1989.