Lyle og Erik Menendez er i spil for mulig frigivelse efter over 30 år i fængsel. Hvad sker der næste?
I en overraskende vending for Menendez-brødrene, Lyle og Erik, er der nu chancer for, at de kan få deres dom genovervejet. Det er mere end tre årtier siden, at brødrene blev dømt for mord på deres forældre, men nu anbefaler Los Angeles County anklagemyndigheden en resentence. Dette kunne muligvis bane vejen for brødrenes frihed, men der er stadig mange forhindringer på vejen.
Menendez-brødrene er ifølge kilder "forsigtigt optimistiske" omkring muligheden for en ny dom, som må blive taget op på fredag. De har tilbragt størstedelen af deres liv bag tremmer, og deres familie taler åbent om de årelange kampe for retfærdighed. Brødrenes sag har skabt debat om straffe og hvad man præcist skal gøre med kriminelle, der har begået alvorlige forbrydelser som deres.
Folk undrer sig nu over, hvad der kommer til at ske ved domsforhandlingen og hvilken indflydelse den vil have på Menendez-brødrenes fremtid. Deres sag er blevet en fascination for mange, ikke blot på grund af dens grufulde natur, men også på grund af de medfølgende spørgsmål om sundhed og velvære i fængslet. Selvom anklagemyndigheden anbefaler, at dommen skal ændres, er der stadig en usikker vej til frihed for brødrene.
Samtidig er den tidligere Beverly Hills-mansion, hvor mordet fandt sted, blevet en turistattraktion, som tiltrækker nysgerrige besøgende, der ønsker at forstå den tragiske historie bag stedet. Det er interessant at overveje, hvordan det berømte hjem, der engang var fyldt med liv, nu står som et monument over én af de mest berygtede krimishistorier i amerikansk historie.
I mellemtiden er det værd at bemærke, at denne sag ikke kun handler om brødrene, men også om de sociale og familiære problemer, der findes blandt mange familier. Mange håber, at med en mulig resentence kan det også føre til en bedre forståelse af mental sundhed og retssystemet i USA.
The Menendez brothers—Lyle and Erik—committed a terrible crime more than 30 years ago. They were sentenced to life in prison. But suddenly they are having a ...
A district attorney will argue for the brothers' resentencing on Friday - but freedom is still a long way off.
Lyle and Erik Menendez's family is speaking out in the wake of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's decision to recommend resentencing for the ...
Though prosecutors decided to petition for the Menendez brothers to be resentenced, they face an uncertain path to freedom.
LOS ANGELES -- More than three decades after Lyle and Erik Menendez were convicted of the murders of their parents and sentenced to life in prison without ...
Lyle Menendez, right, and brother Erik appear in court in Los Angeles with attorney Leslie Abramson, left, in 1992. (Chris Martinez / Associated Press).
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) -- The Los Angeles County District Attorney on Thursday recommended a resentencing for Lyle and Erik Menendez in their decades-old murder ...
LOS ANGELES -- More than three decades after Lyle and Erik Menendez were convicted of the murders of their parents and sentenced to life in prison without ...
Erik and Lyle Menendez were 18 and 21 when they shot and killed their parents in 1989 and have been incarcerated for decades.
The Beverly Hills mansion where Erik and Lyle Menendez killed their parents has become a tourist attraction of sorts.
In July 1996, brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez were convicted of the murders of their parents and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of ...
Gascón on Thursday asked a judge to resentence Erik and Lyle Menendez, two brothers serving life terms for the 1989 murders of their parents, Kitty and Jose ...
Erik Menendez & Kyle Menendez Could Be Free In Months If The LA DA's Resentencing Move Works.
The review of the high-profile murder case by George Gascón's office began more than a year ago. But critics say the timing of the decision was political.
District Attorney George Gascón said Thursday that prosecutors are recommending that the brothers' sentence of life without parole be rescinded.
The district attorney of Los Angeles County has recommended resentencing for Erik and Lyle Menendez who were convicted for killing their parents in 1989 and ...
Erik Menendez, now 53, and Lyle Menendez, now 56, have been in state prison since 1996 after they were convicted in Los Angeles Superior Court of two counts of ...
Erik and Lyle Menendez were convicted of killing their parents in a case that gained worldwide attention.