When is the Menendez Brothers resentencing? The duo can potentially go free as DA Gascon recommends dropping life sentence charge

Menendez Brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez could be free in the following weeks as Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon pushed for a resentencing. Gascon announced on Thursday, October 24, 2024, that his office decided to reconsider the decades-old case of the infamous Menendez Brothers, who ambushed their parents in their Beverly Hills home in 1989. He told reporters in a press conference:

"After [a] very careful review of all the arguments, I came to a place where I believe that, under the law, resentencing is appropriate, and I am going to recommend that to a court tomorrow."

Oddly, Gascon admitted that he only came up with the decision to file for resentencing an hour before the press conference. The DA will file the resentencing request tomorrow, Friday, October 25, 2024. The decision to go for a retrial or a reduced sentence will be up to the LASC Judge, who is scheduled for a hearing on November 26.

If the LASC Judge who will be handling their case decides to resentence the Menendez Brothers with manslaughter as opposed to first-degree murder, they could potentially walk out of prison.

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Menendez Brothers will be eligible for parole "immediately" if LASC Judge approves the resentencing

Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon further explained what's next for the Menendez Brothers' case during the downtown LA press conference on Thursday. Erik and Lyle Menendez have both already served 34 years in prison, and Gascon said that he would recommend that they get 50 years to life each instead of their current life without the possibility of parole sentence. He added:

"They have paid their debt to society, and the system provides a vehicle for their case to be reviewed."

In line with Gascon's resentencing request, if the Judge approves of it, they would be immediately eligible for parole considering their age when the crime happened. He explained:

"Because of their age under the law, since they were under 26 years of age at the time that this crime has occurred, they will be eligible for parole immediately."

However, the resentencing must be approved first, Gascon said, for it to become official, and the case will fall on the parole board's hands next. He said that the parole board will have to look at the Menendez Brothers' case before they can get out of prison. It will be up to them to determine if Erik and Lyle Menendez should be set free. There is also no date for a parole hearing scheduled as of yet.

While the recent update on their case is good news for Lyle and Erik, their late mother's brother, Milton Andersen, doesn't think so. He vehemently opposes reopening the case that could possibly set the brothers free on parole.

Andersen asked the Judge, who was handling his nephews' case to keep them behind bars for life, as they were originally sentenced. His lawyer, Kathleen Cady, told Fox News that her client believes that the jury gave the correct verdict and the correct sentence based on the crime committed.

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In the November 26 hearing, The Menendez Brothers may or may not appear at the trial in person or virtually. The brothers remain at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, where they are both incarcerated.