The Menendez brothers could be free within weeks thanks to Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón. As Deadline exclusively reported earlier today, the prosecutor is recommending resentencing for the siblings.
In a delayed downtown LA press conference and surrounded by members of the Menendez family, the DA said Thursday his office will file a motion with the court tomorrow that the brothers’ life sentences be lifted.
If a LA Superior Court judge resentences the brothers for manslaughter instead of first-degree murder, they could walk out of prison soon. “What that means in this particular case is that we’re going to recommend to the court that the life without the possibility of parole be removed and that they will be sentenced for murder, which, because there are two murders involved, that will be 50 years to life,” said Gascón from the lectern Thursday of his decision, which he oddly said he only made in the last hour. “However, because of their age under the law, since they were under 26 years of age at the time that this crime has occurred, they will be eligible for parole immediately.” No date has been set for that hearing as of yet.
A parole board will have to look at the brother’s case before they could be released, which means likely later this year or in early 2025.
Read more on deadline.com
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