Erik and Lyle Menendez, who’ve served roughly 35 years of a life-without-parole jail sentence for the 1989 shotgun slayings of their dad and mom in Beverly Hills, had been re-sentenced right this moment to 50 years to life,
instantly making them eligible for parole.
The choice by Los Angeles Superior Court docket Choose Michael Jesic doesn’t robotically imply the pair can be launched from jail. They should seem earlier than a parole board, which is able to suggest whether or not they need to be obtainable for parole. The advice would then go to Gov. Gavin Newsom,
who might reject their launch.
Earlier right this moment, family members of the Menendez brothers testified on why they believed they need to be launched from jail, with their lawyer Mark Geragos combating for a lowered sentence of voluntary manslaughter.
“What we’re pushing for, below the statute, is a recall of the sentence, a resentence that’s significant modification,” he mentioned.
Extra to come back…
CNS contributed to this report.
