Hearing in the case of the Menendez brothers-Diepresse.com
Los Angeles (APA/AFP) – The brothers Menendez, who have been sitting in the United States for 35 years because of murdering their parents, are fighting for their release. For this Friday (10:00 a.m. local time, 7:00 p.m. CEST), a hearing was scheduled for an application at a court in Los Angeles to convert the lifelong prison sentence by Erik and Lyle Menendez into a lower prison sentence that would open up the chance of releasing it soon.
The case of the Menendez brothers was a series of streaming service last year Netflix New to the focus of the public. The then 19 and 21 -year -old brothers killed their parents in the family in Beverly Hills in California in 1989. They were then sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of premature dismissal.
The prosecutors had argued in the process at the time that the brothers had murdered their parents in order to get a heir of $ 14 million more quickly (according to today’s value of EUR 12.3 million). Supporters, on the other hand, said the brothers had acted in self -defense after they had been sexually and physically abused by their tyrannical father for years under the tolerance of the mother.
Several strategies for possible release
The mitigation of the prison sentence is one of three strategies that the lawyers of the Menendez brothers are currently pursuing in order to achieve their release. The second option is a complete new edition of the process, the third parties the pardon of the brothers by the California governor Gavin Newsom.
The former top public prosecutor of the Los Angeles administrative district, George Gascon, supported the option of the reduced prison sentence and submitted a corresponding application to the court. However, Gascon is no longer in office-which has made it more difficult for the now 54-year-old Erik Menendez and his 57-year-old brother Lyle to be released in this way. Because the new senior prosecutor Nathan Hochman rejects the release of the brothers and does not support the application of his predecessor. On Friday, the prosecutors wanted to work at the court to bury the application.
No insight shown
Hochman said in March that the brothers had not shown any insight and refused to take over the « full responsibility for their crimes ». To this day, the brothers spread « lies ». Hochman also rejects a new process for the case.
Meanwhile, it is completely open when Governor Newsom could decide on the pardoning application of the brothers. He is not tied to any deadlines for this. Newsom said that he did not look at the Menendez Falls’ films because he wanted to « not influence » them. « I just want to be influenced by facts, » he said. (APA/AFP)
