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Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman is calling on the court to withdraw a new sentencing hearing for Lyle and Erik Menendez, concluding that the siblings “do not meet the standards for rehabilitation.”

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman said Monday that his office will withdraw its request to reduce the sentences of Lyle and Erik Menendez, saying the brothers have not shown full insight into their crimes. The brothers are serving life without parole for the 1989 murders of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez. At a press conference Monday morning, Hochman said that the brothers have failed to acknowledge that their claim of self defense was “fabricated,” and thus have not taken responsibility for the crimes.

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Erik and Lyle Menendez’s potential release from prison, one man will determine what that outcome could look like.The brothers are currently serving life sentences in prison for the 1989 murders of their parents Jose and Kitty Menendez. In October 2024, Erik, 54, and Lyle, 57, were on the verge of release when then-L.A.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer A hearing on whether Lyle and Erik Menendez should be given a chance at parole has been postponed to January. Judge Michael Jesic said that he needed more time to get up to speed on the case, and would not be ready by Dec. 11, which had been the date for the hearing.

“Erik and Lyle Menendezs’ positive transformation, as well as their ability to find meaning and purpose from their current confinement illustrate just how much circumstances have changed since the time they were sentenced to Life Without Parole,” states the Los Angeles County District Attorney’ office in its official paperwork recommending resentencing for the nearly three decade long incarcerated siblings who murdered their parents in 1989.

Kim Kardashian — who has been very supportive of Erik and Lyle Menendez — has spoken out!

The Menendez brothers could be free within weeks thanks to Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón.

Elizabeth Taylor On the eve of Lyle and Erik Menendez family members urging D.A. George Gascón to free the convicted brothers from prison, “Monsters” star Ari Graynor confirmed her ongoing support of their release after serving 34 years in prison for murdering their parents. “I only just saw it, but I am anxiously awaiting the D.A.’s decision and believe very much it is time for them to be out,” the actress, who portrays lawyer Leslie Abramson, on Oct.

Cooper Koch has developed a profound sense of care for the Menéndez brothers since telling their story on screen.

Netflix's latest season of Monsters is based on the horrifying true story of two brothers who murdered their parents in the 1980s, and it has become a sensation on the streaming platform.

Someone surprising doesn’t feel Lyle and Erik Menendez should be in prison for the rest of their lives… No, not Netflix viewers. The LA County District Attorney! And a newly-uncovered letter may be key in helping them get out. The infamous brothers are back on everyone’s mi

Despite a waffling press conference earlier this month, the fate and freedom of the long-imprisoned Menendez brothers may have already been decided by the Los Angeles County District Attorney.

Monster series will see Tom Hollander star as Alfred Hitchcock.Murphy recently announced that season three will star Charlie Hunnam as the 1950s serial killer Ed Gein. He became infamous when authorities discovered that he not only had killed multiple people, but had dug up graves from a cemetery near his home and fashioned all manner of household items and clothing from human remains.Now according to Variety, Hollander, Hacks star Laurie Metcalf and The Crown‘s Olivia Williams have been added to the cast.Metcalf will play Gein’s mother, Augusta, while Williams will play Alma Reville, Hitchcock’s wife.It is thought that because Gein served as one of the inspirations for Norman Bates and Hitchcock’s film Psycho, season three of the hit Netflix anthology will delve into how his crimes influenced the film and the novel upon which the movie was based.Hollander recently worked with Murphy on the second season of Feud as Truman Capote in the the series.Elsewhere, Murphy recently suggested that he might not be finished with Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.Following the news that a court hearing has been set for Erik and Lyle Menendez, and that new evidence that they were allegedly molested by their father is now being considered, Murphy has expressed an interest in extending the season.The show charts the brothers’ conviction and sentencing to life in prison for the first-degree murder of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, in 1989.Following its release Erik blasted Murphy in a statement, calling the show naive and inaccurate.

TMZ at LAX on Sunday and shared her advice for Erik and Lyle Menendez, who may finally be getting out of prison almost 30 years after they were convicted of killing their parents.“It’s very difficult to come out to a world that has changed so much even in the time that I spent,” said Blanchard, who served seven years in prison for the murder of her mother, Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard.“Reacclimating is a difficult thing,” she added. “I would say take your time, you know, adjust properly and get therapy because you need it in this kind of world [and] day and age.”In 2016, Blanchard pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 10 years in prison, although she got out early in December 2023.Her ex-boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn, stabbed her mom to death in her Springfield, Mo., home in 2015.

Erik and Lyle Menendez even before Ryan Murphy’s “Monsters” came out.The comedian, 62, went on “Larry King Live!” 30 years ago and said she believed the Menendez brothers’ claims that they were molested by their father, Jose Menendez. The siblings murdered Jose and their mom, Kitty Menendez, in 1989 and were sentenced to life in prison without parole in 1996 — which is all explored in the massively popular new Netflix show.In a new interview with Variety, O’Donnell said she got a letter from Lyle, 56, after going on King’s show — but her future “The View” co-host, Barbara Walters, warned her about supporting the siblings at the time.“I was out to lunch with Barbara Walters and our publicist Cindy Berger, and I said, ‘Barbara, you’re not going to believe this, but guess who wrote to me — Lyle Menendez,’ ” O’Donnell recalled.“Barbara said, ‘Ignore him, he’s a murderer.

The original prosecutor in the Menendez brothers' murder trial has left TikTok users stunned with their candid remarks about the online community's analysis of the case.

The case of the Menendez brothers is back in the public eye following the release of Netflix series Monsters. The streaming giant is set to release a documentary featuring interviews with Erik and Lyle Menendez from prison.

Netflix‘s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.Following the news that a court hearing has been set for Erik and Lyle Menendez, and that new evidence that they were allegedly molested by their father is now being considered, Murphy has expressed an interest in extending the season.“I think what I would be interested in doing, if Nicholas [Alexander Chavez] and Cooper [Koch] would agree to do it, is maybe one or two episodes that continue the story,” he told Variety.Chavez and Koch star as Lyle and Erik, respectively, in the show, which charts the brothers’ conviction and sentencing to life in prison for the first-degree murder of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, in 1989.Shortly after it was announced that the new evidence was being examined, Murphy’s friend and collaborator Kim Kardashian published an essay calling for the release of the Menendez brothers.Murphy, who co-created Monsters with Ian Brennan, first showed Kardashian the show about a month before it premiered on Netflix. “She knew a lot about the case, and she grew up with it,” Murphy said.

Back in the news with Ryan Murphy’s Netflix hit Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, the siblings’ sordid 1990s murder case today found itself in the spotlight again thanks to the Los Angeles County District Attorney.

Jordan Moreau A new court hearing for Erik and Lyle Menendez has been set for November 29, more than 28 years after they were convicted of murdering their parents and two weeks after their story was dramatized in the popular Netflix series “Monsters.” Erik and Lyle were sentenced to life in prison in 1996 for murdering their father and mother, Jose and Kitty Menendez, at their Beverly Hills mansion on August 20, 1989. The brothers were originally tried separately, but the juries were deadlocked and resulted in mistrials. When they were tried together, they were convincted and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.