A court filing argues that newly discovered evidence supports claims by brothers erik and lyle menendez that their slain father, jose, was sexually abusive. Why the menendez brothers’ allegations of sexual abuse are being taken seriously more than three decades after they killed their parents update The california department of corrections announced on may 19 that a parole hearing set for june 13 had been postponed to aug Erik and lyle menendez were resentenced to 50 years to life in prison on may 13. The los angeles county district attorney’s office has been ordered to explain why evidence supporting the menendez brothers’ claims of sexual abuse was kept during their most second trial. A judge rejected petitions by erik and lyle menendez to overturn their convictions, ruling that evidence the brothers were sexually abused by their father wouldn’t have prevented them from being.
A los angeles superior court judge has instructed the district attorney’s office to explain why evidence that could have supported the menendez brothers’ sexual abuse claims didn’t get presented to the jury during their second trial According to court tv, during their murder trial in 1993, the erik and lyle menendez claimed they killed their …
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