A Los Angeles judge will finally decide the fate of Lyle and Erik Menendez next week — assuming nothing changes in the long, chaotic battle over the freedom for the killer duo.
The court will hear arguments for and against resentencing the brothers next Tuesday and Wednesday, potentially granting them parole more than 30 years after they used shotguns to execute their wealthy parents in their Beverly Hills mansion.
Judge Michael V. Jesic was meant to make his ruling last month, but he held off on his ruling after the brothers’ lawyer asked for the LA District Attorney to be booted from the case. Hochman was carrying on a “dog and pony show” out of a nasty, personal vendetta against the pair, the lawyer, Mark Geragos, claimed.
Jesic denied that request on Friday, clearing the way for Lyle and Erik to be resentenced.
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The hearing — if it actually happens — will come a month before Gov. Gavin Newsom is set to make his own decision on whether or not the brothers deserve a pardon.
Once again, family members from around the country will travel to Los Angeles to testify on Lyle and Erik’s behalf, backing their claim that they feared for their lives when they killed their parents after years of sexual abuse at the hands of their father, Jose Menendez, with the help of his wife Kitty.