Tag: Menendez
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Did Hollywood help the Menendez brothers’ case?
Twenty-eight years after Lyle and Erik Menendez were sentenced to life in prison for killing their parents, the brothers may be getting a second chance at freedom. The news of their potential resentencing comes after the recent release of two Hollywood projects — including a Ryan Murphy-led true crime series on Netflix — prompted widespread…
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DA wants Menendez brothers resentenced, which could free them from prison for parents’ murders
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón on Thursday said he will seek resentencing for Lyle and Erik Menendez in their parents’ murders, paving the way for their potential release from prison after decades. He said he would file the paperwork Friday that recommends that life without the possibility of parole be removed in the…
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Los Angeles County DA to make decision on Menendez brothers resentencing within 10 days
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón told NBC News Wednesday he hopes to make a decision within 10 days about whether to recommend a resentencing for the Menendez brothers — and that, if he does, it’s possible the brothers could be out of prison by the end of the year. “It will…
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Menendez brothers’ relatives to rally outside L.A. courthouse as DA weighs resentencing
Erik and Lyle Menendez’s extended family is expected to gather outside a Los Angeles courthouse Wednesday as the district attorney weighs whether the brothers, found guilty of killing their parents almost three decades ago, should be resentenced and possibly released. Nearly two dozen family members will hold a news conference outside the Clara Shortridge Foltz…
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Yellow jackets in Helene aftermath and prosecutor reviews Menendez brothers’ conviction: Morning Rundown
Some Democrats fear Kamala Harris is playing it safe in a tight presidential race. Yellow jackets are swarming in flooded parts of North Carolina. And Kim Kardashian advocates for the release of the Menendez brothers. Here’s what to know today. Some Democrats say ‘it’s so obvious’ Harris is playing it safe Vice President Kamala Harris…
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Kim Kardashian: Free the Menendez brothers
We are all products of our experiences. They shape who we were, who we are, and who we will be. Physiologically and psychologically, time changes us, and I doubt anyone would claim to be the same person they were at 18. I know I’m not! You think you know the story of Lyle and Erik…
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Kim Kardashian advocates for imprisoned Menendez brothers to be released: ‘They are not monsters’
Kim Kardashian is backing the Menendez brothers in a personal essay shared Thursday with NBC News, writing that “I have spent time with Lyle and Erik; they are not monsters.” Kardashian, the reality TV star and entrepreneur who has used her celebrity platform to advocate for inmates on criminal justice issues, believes Lyle and Erik…
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Los Angeles D.A. says office reviewing possible resentencing for Menendez brothers
Prosecutors in California are reviewing the convictions of the Menendez brothers, who were found guilty in the 1989 killing of their parents, to determine if they should be resentenced and potentially released, officials said Thursday. Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon said his office is also reviewing possible evidence included in petitions filed by…
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Ryan Murphy defends Menendez brothers Netflix series after Erik Menendez blasts it as ‘blatant lies’
Ryan Murphy, the creator of “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” is defending the new Netflix series after it was harshly criticized by one of the brothers. Erik Menendez slammed the series, released Sept. 19 on Netflix, as “blatant lies” and called the portrayal of his brother Lyle “ruinous” in a statement from prison…