Menendez brothers: You won’t be released this year

The Menendez brothers’ hope of being released from prison this year has been dashed. A judge postponed a hearing scheduled for December 11, 2024 in Los Angeles to January 30, 2025. The.

Lyle (56) and Erik Menendez (53) have been in prison since 1990. She shot her parents in the family villa in Beverly Hills in August 1989 and was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole. Her case has received new attention thanks to the Netflix series “Monsters.”

The main reason for the postponement is the fact that the responsible district attorney, George Gascón, was voted out. His successor Nathan Hochman will take over the position in December. To give him time to familiarize himself with the Menendez case, the hearing date was changed.

“When I ask for a delay, it’s not for the sake of a delay, because I think the Menendez brothers, the victims’ families and the public deserve to have a decision made as quickly and thoroughly as possible,” Nathan said Hochman to “CNN.”

His predecessor, George Gascón, submitted a request to change the original judge’s ruling in October 2024. Ultimately, the life sentence with no chance of parole could be converted into one with the possibility of parole.

According to observers, the brothers’ chances of being released are not bad due to their long term of imprisonment and their exemplary behavior in prison. The outgoing public prosecutor says they also do not pose a danger to the general public.

Lyle and Erik Menendez were convicted in 1996 for the murder of their parents. At first they denied the crime, but later they finally confessed. They cited self-defense after years of abuse at the hands of their father, successful businessman José Menendez. But the jury that found her guilty assumed that the murder was motivated by greed in order to get her father’s inheritance.

On Monday (November 25), two of the Menendez brothers’ aunts testified in court. Both campaigned for their nephews to be fired. “No child should have to suffer what happened to Erik and Lyle,” said the sister of the murdered Kitty Menendez.