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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Timeline of the Menendez brothers’ murder case

California Menendez Brothers Case - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Prosecutors in Los Angeles are set to announce their decision on whether to call for resentencing Lyle and Erik Menendez, who were convicted of killing their parents in 1989 and are serving life without the possibility of parole.

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón has said there’s no doubt the brothers killed their parents in Beverly Hills, and the pair admitted to the murders. But the brothers have argued that they committed the crimes in self-defense after years of abuse by their father.

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