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Erik Menéndez and Lyle MenéndezRetria’s request was refused less than a month after the brothers were rejected parole.
According to Tuesday, September 16, a report by The New York TimesRequested the murderers convicted by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William C. Ryan one day before. The refusal followed all of the brothers, found guilty of murdering their parents, José and Kitty MenéndezIn 1989, that Deny parole In the midst of two individual August hearings.
The brothers’ lawyers who were refused, requested in May 2023, failed cement efforts for smaller convictions, with Erik, 57, and Lyle, 54, both currently serving 50 years live in prison after the May 2025 re -holding made them eligible for parole. (They were sentenced to The prison of a lifetime Without parole in 1996 following an initial abuse where jurors could not reach a unanimous decision in the midst of alleged abuse in the hands of the brothers’ parents.)
Retrial 2023 Erik and Lyle’s application consisted of two fresh pieces of evidence that emerged following the release of the Peacock Docuseries Menéndez + Beth: Betlayed Boys. (Public recognition of Erik and Lyle’s conviction grew exponentially when Netflix released the Ryan Murphy production Monsters: The story of Lyle and Erik Menéndez in October 2024.)
Erik and Lyle Menendez’s murder case was a thrust back to the spotlight with Ryan Murphy monsters – but could they walk freely after years behind bars? The parents of the Menéndez brothers, José and Kitty Menéndez, were found dead in their home Beverly Hills in 1989. After Lyle called the police, they discovered that José was shot six (…)
One piece of evidence contained a letter that Erik is alleged to have written at the age of 17 to his cousin Andy cano That detailed allegations about his father were sexually abusing him.
The second piece of evidence was a statement by Roy RoussillonA member of Menudo musical land, who claimed that José had been sexually abused in 1983.
In a 16 -page letter detailing his rejection of the retrial application, obtained by The New York TimesJudge Ryan thought the evidence was not “particularly strong.”
By the outlet, the rejection included Judge Ryan’s words: “The alleged new evidence that fewer petitioners have been sexually abused, neglects the detection of a premature and a special discussion and the special circumstance of the lying-by-aros.”
The Los Angeles area attorney asked Erik and Lyle Menéndez to be re -announced in the midst of a fresh interest in their murder case. George Gascón announced the recommendation to reduce their sentences on Thursday, October 24, during a live press conference. Gascón explained that if his recommendation is accepted, they would be “eligible for immediate parole” since (…)
Judge Ryan continued, “The evidence alleged here is not so compelling that it would have produced a reasonable doubt in the mind of at least one juror or support for an imperfect self-defense direction.”
In terms of the letter that Erik is alleged to have written to his cousin, Judge Ryan wrote “who also does not inform the jury of alleged petitioners fear at the time of the murders,” while the statement of Rosselló was “not relevant to the state of the petitioners at the time of the murders.” “
The outlet noted that Erik and Lyle were open to “petition to go before the Board again after 18 months.”
