Menendez brothers to be resentenced, LA DA recommends they be eligible for parole after serving 3 decades in prison for 1989 murder of their parents

Lyle and Erik Menendez will be resentenced after spending more than 30 years behind bars for the grisly 1989 shotgun murders of their parents, Jose and Kitty, in a case that captivated the nation and spawned a popular Netflix series more than three decades later.Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón announced Thursday that the brothers will be resentenced at a press conference packed with more than 300 journalists from around the world — and will recommend to the court that the killer siblings be eligible for parole.The case has garnered fresh attention after new evidence the brothers — who are now in their 50s — had allegedly been serially molested by their father was unearthed, kicking off a campaign to free the men led by family members and celebrity boosters.They will be released by TKTKThe brothers were sentenced to life without parole in 1996 for the brutal killings inside the family’s lavish Beverly Hills home, following a highly publicized trial that made Erik and Lyle — who were then 21 and 18, respectively, — household names and late-night punchline fodder.Their case has largely remained out of the spotlight since then, but recently it’s come roaring back into the public consciousness following the release of the hit Ryan Murphy-produced Netflix series based on the double-slayings, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.” Then last month, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced his office had been taking a renewed look at the brothers’ case “for over a year” in light of new evidence that indicates they had been routinely sexually abused while growing up.The key piece of evidence was a bombshell note — purportedly written by Erik to his now-deceased cousin Andy Cano just a few months before the killings — that referenced living in fear of the alleged abuse he was suffering at his father’s hands.“I’ve been trying to avoid dad.It’s still happening Andy but it’s worse for me now,” the ...