A highly anticipated resentencing hearing for convicted killers Erik and Lyle Menendez kicked off on Thursday before unravelling and being postponed by a judge. The hearing was set to decide whether the brothers, serving life without the possibility of parole, should receive a new sentence that could allow their freedom after serving three decades in...
Christal Hayes and Regan Morris BBC News Reporting fromLos Angeles, California Getty Images Today is the day. After months of contentious court fights – and three decades spent by Erik and Lyle Menendez in prison – a judge will hear arguments on whether the brothers should be resentenced, in a murder case that still divides...
The resentencing hearing of Menendez brothers can move forward despite opposition from the county’s district attorney, a Los Angeles court has ruled. The brothers’ attorneys are attempting to have them resentenced to a lesser term, which could make them immediately eligible for freedom. Erik and Lyle were convicted of killing their parents in their Beverly...
