L.A. County DA Gascón supports clemency request for Menendez brothers
The district attorney for Los Angeles County said Wednesday he wants the California governor to grant clemency for Lyle and Erik Menendez, the brothers who are serving life sentences for killing their parents in 1989.
LOS ANGELES — The district attorney for Los Angeles County said Wednesday he wants the California governor to grant clemency for Lyle and Erik Menendez, the brothers who are serving life sentences for killing their parents in 1989.
District Attorney George Gascón announced he supports clemency requests by the pair less than a week after he recommended that they be resentenced in their murder case.
“I strongly support clemency for Erik and Lyle Menendez, who are currently serving sentences of life without possibility of parole,” Gascón said in a statement. “They have respectively served 34 years and have continued their educations and worked to create new programs to support the rehabilitation of fellow inmates.”
Attorneys for the brothers submitted requests for clemency to Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday.
Clemency would allow the brothers, whose initial televised trial was a national media sensation, to be released immediately, and it is separate from the resentencing effort.
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