“Shocking Turn of Events: Menendez Brothers’ Dark Past Sparks Controversial Push for Parole After Decades Behind Bars!”
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The update, announced at a news conference on Thursday, follows a reevaluation of the case by prosecutors due to the discovery of new evidence.
Erik was 18 and Lyle was 21 when they shot their parents 14 times inside their Beverly Hills mansion in 1989.
The two received life sentences without parole at their second trial in 1996 after the first ended in a mistrial.
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During the first trial, their attorney claimed that the brothers killed their parents in self-defense, asserting that they feared for their lives if they revealed the years of alleged abuse they had endured from José.
Erik and Lyle never denied committing the crime.
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Recently, new legal filings provided more details about the abuse the brothers reportedly suffered at the hands of their father.
The shocking evidence included a letter Erik wrote to his cousin, Andy Cano, just eight months before the murders.
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In the handwritten note, Erik wrote: “I’ve been trying to avoid dad. It’s still happening Andy but it’s worse for me now. I never know when it’s going to happen and it’s driving me crazy. Every night I stay up thinking he might come in.”
