In the wake of the success of Netflix’s Monsters series, the Menendez brothers have been granted a new court hearing.
Erik and Lyle Menendez may have their criticisms about the latest season of Ryan Murphy’s Monsters, but the Netflix series has certainly generated renewed interest in their case. To that end, a new court hearing has been set for November 29th, which will determine whether the Menendez brothers should be resentenced in light of new evidence.
Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón made the announcement. “We have been given evidence. We have been given a photocopy of a letter that allegedly was sent by one of the brothers to another family member talking about him being the victim of molestation. We’ve also got evidence that was provided by the defense, by his lawyers, that one of the members of the Menudo band alleged that he was molested by the father. None of this information has been confirmed,” Gascón said. “We are not at this point ready to say that we either believe or do not believe that information, but we’re here to tell you is that we have a moral and an ethical obligation to review what is being presented to us and make a determination based on a resentencing side, whether they deserve to be resentenced, even though they were clearly the murderers, because they have been in prison for 35 years and they have paid back their dues to society, or whether behaviors is appropriate. If there was evidence that was not presented to the court at that time, and had that evidence been presented, perhaps a jury would have come to a different conclusion.”
More to come…
