Both could obtain it after a legal campaign and support for public opinion. Both reaffirmed their responsibility at the last hearing.
The brothers Lyle and Erik Menéndez, In jailed after the brutal murder of their parents in 1989, they won a remarkable legal victory this Tuesday in Los Angeles. American justice modified their sentence, which opened the possibility to request probation.
USA: The Menéndez brothers could be released
The Menéndez brothers were sentenced to life imprisonment for the parricide that shook their country in the 1990s. Both murdered their parents José and Kitty Menéndez In his luxurious Beverly Hills mansion.
An intense legal campaign and public opinion support was carried out in favor of the brothers. Thus, the judge Michael Jesus changed his sentence and from now on they are eligible to probation.
Menéndez Brothers
The audience arose as a result of a campaign of almost two years, promoted by the success of the miniseries and the documentary of Netflix. Several relatives asked Judge Jesus to release, ensuring that The men who faced justice today were not the same who had committed crime.
A testimony from prison: “I assume all responsibility”
During the audience, the brothers spoke from the prison in San Diego. Lyle (57) He confessed that from the fact “he has no excuses” and that he takes charge: “I assume all the responsibility of my choices (…) to aim a weapon to my mother and my dad, to recharge, to run and hide, and to do everything I could to go out with mine.”
For its part, Erik54, he admitted: “I shot my parents five times, and I went for more ammunition. I lied to the police, my family. Very sorry”.
Source: Ambito
