Judge to rule whether DA should be thrown off Menendez brothers' resentencing bid

A judge is expected to rule Friday on the effort to remove Los Angeles County’s top prosecutor from Erik and Lyle Menendez’s bid to reduce their prison sentences after their defense team accused the district attorney of bias.

A judge is expected to rule Friday on the effort to remove Los Angeles County’s top prosecutor from Erik and Lyle Menendez’s bid to reduce their prison sentences after their defense team accused the district attorney of bias.

Los Angeles County Superior County Judge Michael Jesic is also expected to rule whether a “risk assessment” can be admitted as evidence at their resentencing hearing.

Prison and parole officials conducted the assessment, which examines the risk the brothers may pose to the public if they are released from prison, as part of a separate request for clemency that Erik, 54, and Lyle, 57, made to California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The brothers are serving sentences of life without the possibility of parole for the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents, José and Kitty Menendez. They’ve claimed the killings were in self-defense after Lyle Menendez confronted their father about sexually abusing his younger brother.

Prosecutors have described the killings as cold-blooded and financially motivated.