The Menendez brothers’ chance of freedom hangs in the balance yet again after the Los Angeles County District Attorney who recommended their resentencing was defeated at the ballot box on Election Day.
Last month, LA County District Attorney George Gascón announced his recommendation that Lyle, 56, and Erik Menendez, 53, receive a new sentence of 50 years to life in prison for the 1989 double homicide of their parents, saying he believed the brothers had “paid their debt to society.” Because the men were under 26 at the time of the crimes, this new sentence would make them eligible for parole immediately, having spent almost 35 years behind bars.
