Menendez Brothers Case Resentencing
LA County District Attorney gives an update on the Menendez brothers' case as they seek a new trial and potential release from prison after a new California law allows for resentencing hearings.
Key Points
- Menendez brothers killed their parents in 1989
- Claimed self-defense due to alleged abuse by their father
- Resentencing hearings postponed to March 20 and 21
- Support from relatives for their release
Pros
- Possibility of reducing life imprisonment sentences
- Chance for parole following resentencing hearings
- Support from roughly two dozen relatives for their freedom
Cons
- Opposition from some family members to sentence reduction
- Delayed resentencing hearing due to election
- Previous exhaustion of all appeals