Nearly three decades ago, Los Angeles prosecutors argued that Erik and Lyle Menéndez were cold-blooded killers who violently murdered their parents for money, and asked that they be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
This week, in an extraordinary turn of events for the brothers, the Los Angeles district attorney said he will recommend they be resentenced – a decision that could lead to their release.
“They have been in prison for nearly 35 years. I believe that they have paid their debt to society,” George Gascón, the Los Angeles DA, said during a packed Thursday press conference at the city’s hall of justice.
Gascón said he would ask they instead be sentenced to 50 years to life in prison, a recommendation that – because of their young age at the time of the killings – means they would be eligible for parole.
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