Judge rules Menendez brothers can continue bid for resentencing
Erik and Lyle Menendez’s resentencing hearings can continue despite opposition from the Los Angeles County district attorney, a judge ruled on Friday.
They were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole at ages 18 and 21 after being convicted of murdering their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, in their Beverly Hills home in 1989.
Former Los Angeles district attorney George Gascon asked a judge last year to change the brothers’ sentence from life without the possibility of parole to 50 years to life, which would make them immediately eligible for parole because they committed the crime when they were younger than 26.
But Mr Gascon’s successor Nathan Hochman reversed course, submitting a motion last month to withdraw the resentencing молба.
Службата на г -н Хохман съобщи, че не могат да поддържат негодуванието на братята, защото не са признали, че са споделили по време на процеса си за това, за какво са умъртвили родителите...
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