Judge Michael Jesus arrived at this decision hours after the session of a hearing began to consider a New sentence for the brothers, sentenced to life imprisonment For the murder of his parents, José and Kitty Menéndez, at his home in Beverly Hills in 1989.
The court ended this Thursday’s session to Check two motions: One requesting to challenge the Los Angeles Prosecutor’s Office of the case, and another that seeks to determine whether a risk assessment report can be admitted as evidence during the new sentence hearing.
Both documents must be addressed so that the judicial process continues.
The audience of this case, which gained international notoriety in 2024 due to the Netflix miniseries Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story and a subsequent documentary in which The brothers talked about the case from jail, It had already been postponed on at least three occasions.
The first was in December, with the change of district prosecutor after the US elections.; then in January 2025, due to the devastating fires that affected Los Angeles; And again in March, to Discuss the application of the current County ProsecutorNathan Hochman, to withdraw the motion of a new sentence presented by his predecessor.
This last request from Hochman was rejected by Judge Jesus.
The April 17 Chamber began with a last minute motion presented by the Prosecutor’s Office to, again, request a postponement of this view, with the argument that it requires more time for the court Check a probation evaluation ordered at the beginning of 2025 by the governor of California, Gavin Newsom, as part of the Clemency process.
Erik and Lyle Menéndez have programmed independent audiences before the State’s probation boards, scheduled for June 13. The reports of these views will be sent to Newsom to help you decide if the two should receive forgiveness and be released immediately.
The brothers currently fulfill life imprisonment without probation for the murder of their parents, Kitty and José Menéndez, in 1989, and the appeal to consider a new sentence is the most promising path to pave their freedom.