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Los Angeles prosecutors to review new evidence in Menendez brothers’ 1996 murder conviction
AP News ^ | October 3, 2024 | CHRISTOPHER WEBER and JAIMIE DING

Posted on 10/03/2024 4:54:22 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Prosecutors in Los Angeles are reviewing new evidence in the case of Erik and Lyle Menendez to determine whether they should be serving life sentences for killing their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion more than 35 years ago, the city’s district attorney said Thursday.

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said during a news conference that attorneys for Erik Menendez, 53, and his 56-year-old brother, Lyle Menendez, have asked a court to vacate their conviction.

Gascón said there is no question the brothers committed the murders, but that his office will be reviewing new evidence and will make a decision on whether it warrants a resentencing. A hearing was scheduled for Nov. 29.

“We have not decided on an outcome. We are reviewing information,” Gascón said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; erikmenendez; georgegascon; losangeles; losangelescounty; lylemenendez; menendez; menendezbrothers

1 posted on 10/03/2024 4:54:22 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I guess they don’t have enough other murders to prosecute.


2 posted on 10/03/2024 4:57:50 PM PDT by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: nickcarraway

So, Gascón says there is no doubt that the brothers killed their parents, but he’s reviewing whether or not they should be punished in the way the court deemed fit. Got it.


3 posted on 10/03/2024 4:58:28 PM PDT by Right Brother
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To: Right Brother

I’ll never understand why Libs have such a hard-*n for criminals. It never seems to stop. And the worse the criminal, the bigger the....y’know.


4 posted on 10/03/2024 5:14:30 PM PDT by rbg81
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To: nickcarraway

LET ‘EM OUT. DIPWADS NEED 2 MORE VOTES.


5 posted on 10/03/2024 5:14:44 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U
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To: nickcarraway

What might the mitigating circumstances possibly be?


6 posted on 10/03/2024 5:34:00 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: reasonisfaith

They are orphans.


7 posted on 10/03/2024 5:36:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

I think you might have something there, but on second thought it would never work.

Could it be something about the parents?


8 posted on 10/03/2024 5:38:35 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: reasonisfaith
What might the mitigating circumstances possibly be?

Their parents were Trump supporters.

9 posted on 10/03/2024 5:41:33 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: reasonisfaith

“What might the mitigating circumstances possibly be?”t

They claimed their father raped them.

Don’t know why they would shotgun their mother. I don’t think they can accuse her of that.


10 posted on 10/03/2024 5:43:33 PM PDT by odawg
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To: nickcarraway

Anything Gascon can do to put the rest of us at greater risk...


11 posted on 10/03/2024 5:45:34 PM PDT by The Old Hoosier (Right makes might)
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To: odawg

When you have a father raping his sons, you’re likely dealing with a cult.

Were the parents satanists?

Is the truth about satanism starting to be revealed?


12 posted on 10/03/2024 5:51:34 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: skr

The American Clown “Justice” System.


13 posted on 10/03/2024 5:54:43 PM PDT by kiryandil (Kraft durch Freude! - The Kamunist and The Walzrus )
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To: odawg

“Don’t know why they would shotgun their mother.”

If you go that far you don’t want to leave any witnesses around...and they nearly got away with it.


14 posted on 10/03/2024 6:36:33 PM PDT by BobL
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To: Right Brother

Gascon is communist scum.


15 posted on 10/03/2024 6:50:59 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: nickcarraway

This might be the final straw, the one that gets a recall effort ramped up that actually administers the death blow to this DA’s political career.


16 posted on 10/03/2024 6:57:31 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

17 posted on 10/03/2024 8:11:20 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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