Menendez Brothers
Will Get Day in Court docket for Resentencing …
Choose Shuts Down D.A.’s Movement
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Erik and Lyle Menendez will get their day in courtroom to hunt a brand new sentence, and probably win their freedom … after an intense battle with L.A. County D.A. ended with the choose ruling within the brothers’ favor.
The Menendez brothers appeared remotely within the L.A. County courtroom Friday the place D.A. Nathan Hochman and his staff of prosecutors introduced their case to the choose for withdrawing the petition to resentence Erik and Lyle — a petition that was filed by the earlier D.A. George Gascon, and which the newly elected Hochman vehemently opposes.
The brothers — carrying jail blues — have been seen on a video display in courtroom, and visibly reacted as prosecutors repeatedly acknowledged that that they had not modified since their conviction … as a result of they by no means admitted their declare they bought weapons in concern for his or her lives was a lie.
There have been moments when Erik and Lyle checked out one another and shook their heads in disgust.
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Hochman’s staff additionally advised the choose the prior D.A. solely petitioned to have Erik and Lyle resentenced as a result of he was down by double-digit numbers within the polls, and thought he’d win votes by embracing the brothers.
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As soon as Geragos received his flip, he centered on Erik and Lyle’s efforts to rehabilitate whereas in jail. He advised the choose a few corrections officer who says he’d welcome Lyle to stay in his neighborhood, and one other man who was in jail with them who credit the brothers for enhancing inmates’ lives by beautifying the jail’s outside areas with murals and timber.
When it was all stated and finished, the choose denied Hochman’s movement to dismiss the resentencing petition — which means the brothers and Geragos will likely be again in entrance of the choose subsequent week to hunt a brand new sentence.
Outdoors courtroom, Geragos referred to as Friday’s listening to probably Erik and Lyle’s “largest day since they have been in custody.”
He additionally admonished the D.A.’s Workplace for exhibiting gory crime scene photographs, with out warning, and traumatizing the Menendez members of the family who have been in courtroom to help Erik and Lyle.
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Earlier than Friday’s listening to began … Cooper Koch, who performed Erik in Ryan Murphy‘s Netflix sequence, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” walked into the courtroom along with his boyfriend … Erik’s spouse, Tammi Menendez was additionally there with Erik’s adopted daughter, Talia.
So, now the resentencing will go down on April 17, and we all know Geragos intends to ask the choose to alter their conviction … from first diploma homicide to manslaughter. If that occurs, the brothers might be launched from jail instantly, as a result of they’ve already served far more than the utmost for manslaughter in California.
However, even when the choose would not try this … Gov. Gavin Newsom has already despatched the Menendez case to the Parole Board, which can overview the brothers’ case on June 13 to find out if they have been rehabilitated, and in the event that they’re not a hazard to society.
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Subsequent week’s resentencing will, little doubt, draw tons of supporters and detractors of the Menendez brothers — setting the stage for a similar kinda circus we noticed Friday. Guitar-slinging buskers freestyling people songs concerning the case? Yeah, that occurred.
