Who would have thought that we’d be ending the yr with the discharge of Erik and Lyle Menendez? In fact, it’s not a achieved deal but, however the Menendez brothers have a number of choices on their path to freedom, certainly one of which is immediately petitioning California Governor Gavin Newsom for clemency.
Los Angeles District Lawyer George Gascón launched a letter he despatched to Newsom, asking the governor to step in. “I write in strong support of Lyle Menendez’s petition for clemency submitted to your office on October 28, 2024,” Gascón wrote. “Mr. Menendez is currently 56 years old serving his 34th year in prison at the RJ Donovan Correctional Facility.” In a separate letter, the DA stated: “I write in robust help of Erik Menendez’s petition for clemency submitted to your workplace on October 28, 2024. Mr. Menendez is at present 54 years previous serving his thirty fourth yr in jail on the RJ Donovan Correctional Facility.“
Gascón added that the brothers “have respectively served 34 years and have continued their educations and worked to create new programs to support the rehabilitation of fellow inmates.” The Menendez brothers have a brand new listening to set for December eleventh, the place L.A. Superior Courtroom Choose Michael Jesic will take into account resentencing the pair on a voluntary manslaughter cost. Because the brothers have already served greater than 30 years in jail, they might instantly be eligable for parole and may very well be dwelling in time for the vacations.
Nonetheless, there may be one snag to that plan. As Gascón is up for reelection, he could now not be in workplace by December eleventh, which suggests the resentencing request may very well be withdrawn.
The renewed curiosity within the Menendez brothers skyrocketed after the discharge of Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story on Netflix. New items of proof additionally drove the push for his or her resentencing. A type of new items is a letter allegedly written by Erik Menendez to his cousin Andy Cano eight months earlier than the murders. “I’ve been trying to avoid dad. It’s still happening Andy but it’s worse for me now. I can’t explain it. He’s so overweight that I just can’t stand to see him. I never know when it’s going to happen and it’s driving me crazy,” stated Erik within the letter.
Erik Menendez took to social media (by way of his spouse Tammi) to slam Monsters co-creator Ryan Murphy for together with “ruinous character portrayals” of each him and his brother. Murphy hit again, saying that they need to be sending him flowers for giving them a lot consideration once more. “I’ll tell you my thoughts about the Menendez brothers. The Menendez brothers should be sending me flowers. They haven’t had so much attention in 30 years. And it’s gotten the attention of not only this country, but all over the world. There’s sort of an outpouring of interest in their lives and in the case,” Murphy stated. “I do know for a undeniable fact that many individuals have provided to assist them due to the curiosity of my present and what we did. There is no such thing as a world that we reside in the place the Menendez brothers or their wives or legal professionals would say, ‘You know what, that was a wonderful, accurate depiction of our clients.’ That was by no means going to occur, and I wasn’t taken with that taking place.“
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is at present streaming on Netflix and you may take a look at a overview from our personal Alex Maidy proper right here.
