What’s subsequent for Menendez brothers as resentencing strikes ahead – NBC Los Angeles

As Lyle and Erik Menendez’s legal professional put it, Friday was a great day for the brothers who’ve been behind bars for the shotgun murders of their dad and mom in 1989.

An LA Superior Courtroom decide denied the prosecution’s request to withdraw the resentencing advice for Lyle and Erik Menendez, permitting the brothers to maneuver ahead with their effort to be resentenced and probably launched from jail.

District Lawyer Nathan Hochman had requested for the withdrawal of the resentencing advice, which had been filed by Hochman’s predecessor George Gascón. Gascón had introduced the advice for resentencing in October 2024, a month earlier than he was defeated by Hochman within the November election.

What to anticipate from April 17 and 18 listening to

The resentencing or modification listening to is tentatively scheduled for April 17 and 18, the place the decide is anticipated to listen to arguments on the brothers’ suitability for resentencing, based mostly on the California regulation that permits courts to scale back penalties based mostly on a wide range of elements, together with a prisoner’s age and their conduct whereas incarcerated.

It will likely be as much as the decide to determine whether or not to permit the DA to withdraw the resentencing movement.

And even after the court docket denies the DA’s request to withdraw, the decide will determine whether or not or not the brothers ought to be resentenced, and, probably, the phrases of a diminished sentence, which may entitle them to a right away parole listening to.

Extra high-stakes evaluations by the Parole Board

Simultaneous with, however separate from, the resentencing proceedings, Gov. Gavin Newsom directed the state’s parole board to guage whether or not Erik and Lyle Menendez pose hazard to society, a part of an impartial threat evaluation that will probably be accomplished by June 13.

The evaluation is finished by a bunch of corrections specialists and psychologists to find out whether or not the brothers are appropriate for launch on parole.

The report will probably be shared with Choose Jesic in case the court docket proceeds with resentencing and the brothers turn into eligible for parole.

Newsom has stated his workplace may even conduct its personal evaluation to find out whether or not the Menendez brothers deserve clemency, by which the governor might order a discount within the severity of punishment.