Listening to on Menendez brothers’ parole suitability pushed again to late summer season

A listening to that would result in freedom for the Menendez brothers, convicted of their mother and father’ murders in 1989, was pushed again from June 13 to August, California corrections officers mentioned Monday.

A spokesperson for the California Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation mentioned the brothers’ hearings on parole suitability will as an alternative be on Aug. 21 and 22.

Erik Menendez, 54, and Lyle Menendez, 57, scored a victory in court docket on Might 13 when a choose resentenced them, a transfer that made them instantly eligible for parole. They’d been sentenced to life with out the opportunity of parole within the killings of their mother and father, José and Kitty Menendez.

Hearings in a separate effort searching for clemency from California Gov. Gavin Newsom have been initially scheduled for June 13, and, subsequently, parole suitability hearings have been added to that date.

Scott Wyckoff, government officer of the Board of Parole Hearings, defined the scenario in a letter obtained by the Los Angeles Instances:

“For the reason that ruling makes them instantly eligible for parole consideration as youth offenders, it’s the Board’s intent to transform the June 13, 2025, clemency hearings to preliminary parole suitability hearings.”

The Board of Parole Hearings transformed the June 13 clemency hearings to parole consideration hearings after it knowledgeable key events, together with members of the victims’ households, of the likelihood. Events raised objections to the conversion, a corrections division spokesperson mentioned, resulting in the parole listening to’s being postponed till August.

The brothers’ clemency utility with the governor stays lively.

In August, parole commissioners will likely be tasked with figuring out whether or not the brothers pose an unreasonable threat of hazard if they’re launched on parole. Prosecutors, victims’ kinfolk and others can weigh in in the course of the hearings.

The brothers have been serving their time on the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego County. They have been convicted of their mother and father’ 1989 murders, which prosecutors mentioned have been motivated by their want to take over the household’s cash.

Los Angeles County Superior Court docket Decide Michael Jesic discovered this month that they don’t pose an “unreasonable threat” if they’re launched and resentenced them to 50 years to life, opening up the opportunity of parole.

Mark Geragos, a lawyer for the pair, and different supporters have alleged the murders have been the results of self-defense amid their father’s response to Lyle’s claims that he sexually abused Erik.

Los Angeles County District Lawyer Nathan Hochman opposed resentencing, partially as a result of, he contended, the brothers had not taken full duty for his or her crimes. Talking after their resentencing, the brothers mentioned they’ve taken full duty and provided no justification for killing their mother and father.