What to know about the Manendez Brothers issue and when they can be released

In 1989, the brothers Lyle and Eric Mendez were killed by their parents by shooting them several times in a distance at their palace in Beverly Hills.

They were convicted of a murder and a first -degree killing in 1996, and they were sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of conditional release.

On Tuesday, Los Angeles judge reduced his punishment, making them eligible for a conditional release.

There was a renewed public interest in the case after the new Netflix drama, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Mendez Story, were released in September.

Last year, the former provincial lawyer in Los Angeles, George Jaskoun, requested a change in the punishment of brothers from life without the possibility of conditional release to 50 years.

The session was placed to the Los Angeles County judge, Michael Jessic, on Tuesday, who resented the brothers.

“I think they have done enough in the past 35 years that they should have this opportunity,” he said.

Brothers are qualified to release conditional under the law of the young perpetrator in California, which allows individuals who committed crimes before the age of 26 to seek a reduced penalty.

The siblings were between the ages of 18 and 21 at the time. They are now between the ages of 54 and 57.

During the hearing, the family members and his former colleague were among those who witnessed to support discontent.

People who worked with the brothers in prison talked about the educational courses they completed and how they created an initiative for the elderly and the sick.

The provincial prosecutor, which is strongly opposed to a lesser sentence, said that the brothers continued to “make excuses” for their behavior instead of taking full responsibility and were not rehabilitated.

The brothers spoke to the court via the video and apologized for their actions.

They also talked about their hopes of working with victims of sexual assault and helping those who are being held if they were given a second chance outside the prison.

California’s conditional release council will now decide whether the brothers will be released from prison.

Separately, the governor of the state, Gavin News, is studying a request from the brothers for compassion. If approved, this may lead to a decrease in sentence or amnesty.

Governor Newsom asked the conditional release council to conduct a risk assessment that studies whether the brothers are risking the common people if they are issued.

The full report has not been issued, but the provincial lawyer said it indicates a “moderate risk of violence.”

The conditional release council session is scheduled to be held on June 13.

It is not clear whether the council will also consider the possibility of conditional release on the basis of Jesic’s dissatisfaction with the same session.

Lael and Eric Mendez were killed, their parents, Jose and Kitty Mainndes, on August 20, 1989 at their home in Beverly Hills.

Their father, a 45 -year -old Hollywood executive official, was shot in six times with a rifle bought the brothers days before the attack.

Their mother died after 10 rifle explosions for several parts of her body.

The brothers initially told the police that they found their parents dead when they arrived at home.

They were arrested after a girlfriend who was treating Eric Mendes went to the police to say that he threatened the doctor physically.

The brothers claimed that they committed murders in martial murder after years of alleged physical, emotional and sexual assault, although no harassment in court was proven.

They said they are afraid that their father would kill them after threatening to expose him.

However, representatives of the prosecution argued that the youth killed their successful parents to inherit their real estate millions of dollars.

The brothers were detained in 1990 and in 1993 they were tried for murders, firstly, with one jury for each brother.

However, both jurors were brought in 1994, which led to a light trial, and they were later tried again together in 1995.

During their joint trial, the judge ruled out clear evidence of ill -treatment of the defense case. The registered sessions were sentenced to a doctor, where killings were discussed in court by the judge.

They were found by the jury, guilty, and the couple was convicted of killing and conspiracy of the first degree of killing in 1996.

The brothers, who separated while they were detention after an investigator who investigated the killings, said that they may conspire to escape if they were shelter together, they did not reunite them in prison in 2018.

The case was back to the spotlight after Netflix released a series of drama for the brothers in September.

Monsters: Lyle and Erik Mendez story, which was filmed to the highest forgotten broadcasting scheme and stated that he had 12.3 million views on the first weekend of its release.

It explores what might have caused the brothers to kill their parents and offer murders from various views.

Its installations said that the series was based on extensive research and followed the events surrounding the killing.

It includes brothers ’claims to abuse, as well as displaying things from the parents’ point of view.

The exhibition presented the case to a new generation and received attention from celebrities – including Kim Kardashian and Rosie Odonel – who called for the release of the brothers.

This series was a follow -up to the controversial Monsters series about the American serial killer Jeffrey Damer.

After its issuance, Eric Mendes shared a statement issued by his wife on X.

He said that the show was “frustrating to defamation”, and “he believed that we have crossed beyond the lies and the images of the destroyed personality of the night.”

“It is sad for me to know that the non -honest Netflix photography of the tragedies surrounding our crime has taken the painful facts several steps back – again through time to an era when the prosecution was built a narration on a system believer that males were not subjected to sexual abuse, and that males suffered from shock of rape differently from women.”

Family members also spoke and said that the brothers “faced the victim of this severe shock”, and the show was “full of bad landmarks.”

Ryan Murphy, who created the show, Diversity The comments were “predicted at best.”

He added that the family’s response was “interesting because I want details about what they think is shocking or shocking. It is not as if we were making any of these things. Everything has been presented before.”