L.A. DA requests resentencing for Menendez brothers, opening path to release
The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday that it will request the resentencing of Erik and Lyle Menendez, a pair of brothers sentenced in 1996 to life in prison for killing their parents, heeding calls by their family to reconsider their case after new evidence emerged backing the brothers’ defense that they were physically and sexually abused by their father.
The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday that it will request the resentencing of Erik a...