Menendez Brothers: Anger advice by LA DA Gascón

LOS ANGELES – After spending more than thirty years in prison, Menendez brothers He may get a second chance.

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon announced on Thursday that he recommended Erik and Lyle MenendezServing a life sentence without parole for the 1989 murders of his parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez.

“I have to say clearly that we do not have a universal agreement. There are people in the office who believe that the man and his brothers should remain in prison for the rest of their lives, and they do not believe that.” They were harassed,” the prosecutor said. “And there are people in the office. I strongly believe that they should be released immediately and that they were, in fact, abused. “After very carefully reviewing all the arguments put forward on behalf of individuals on both sides, I must say, I have come to a point where I believe it is appropriate to be angry under the law following this equation.”

“And I will propose this to the court tomorrow.” Gascon continued. “What this means is that in this particular case, we will be recommending to the court that the sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole be abolished and that the sentence be imposed for murder, which will be 50 sentences since there are two murders. However, according to the law, because of their age, they were under 26 years of age at the time of these crimes.” “They will be eligible for immediate parole.”

The prosecutor said, “There is no excuse for murder. I will never imply that what we are doing here is to excuse our behavior.” “Because even if you are being harassed, the right way is to call the police, to ask for help. But I also understand how desperate people are sometimes.”

This followed an investigation spurred by new evidence presented to the prosecution; Allegations that their father also harassed Roy Rossello, a former member of boy band Menudo in the 1980s, and a letter Erik Menendez wrote to his cousin Andy have recently emerged. Cano appeared in 2015, years after Cano’s death.

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A judge will now decide whether to accept Gascón’s recommendation within the next 30 days.

If the judge accepts Suggestion to get angry again with the passing time, It’s possible the Menendez brothers could be released from prison by their originally scheduled court date of Nov. 26.

Defense attorneys Mark Geragos said if all goes well, Erik and Lyle will be home for Thanksgiving.

“They spent more than 35 years in prison. If they were the Menendez brothers, they would not be in custody. We have improved,” he said.

Last week, nearly two dozen relatives of the brothers held a joint news conference to call for the release of Erik and Lyle.

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Kitty Menendez’s sister, Joan Andersen VanderMolen, called the couple’s actions “tragic,” but “the desperate response of two children trying to survive against their father’s unspeakable cruelty.”

They were 21 and 18 at the time murders.

“I had no idea the extent of the abuse they suffered at the hands of my brother-in-law. None of us did,” she added. “We know that abuse has long-term effects and that trauma survivors sometimes act in ways that are very difficult to understand.”

Prosecutors at the time claimed there was no evidence of any abuse. They said their son was after his parents’ multimillion-dollar estate.

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“They tried to protect themselves the only way they knew how,” Andersen said. “Instead of being seen as victims, they were vilified.”

“They are no longer a threat to society,” he continued.

The Menendez brothers appealed their convictions many times over the years, but to no avail.

Their attorneys argue that because of society’s changing views on sexual abuse, the brothers may not have been convicted of first-degree murder today and sentenced to life in prison without parole.

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There has been renewed interest in the case recently with the release of Netflix’s “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” and an upcoming documentary in which the brothers tell their side of the story.