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LA Prosecutor To Ask For Resentencing Of Menendez Brothers

The Menendez brothers' 92-year-old aunt Joan VanderMolen spoke at a news conference attended by some 30 relatives (Credit: AFP)

Los Angeles' chief prosecutor said Thursday he would seek a resentencing for Lyle and Erik Menendez, brothers who were jailed for life in the 1990s over the grisly murder of their parents, in a move that could lead to their immediate parole.

District Attorney George Gascon said he would ask a judge to rule that the men, whose case has come in for renewed attention because of a Netflix series, should have their sentence reduced in a way that would make them eligible to be released in the coming months.

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