Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón is recommending that Erik and Lyle Menendez be resentenced for the first-degree murders of their parents in 1989. One of his colleagues says this is nothing but a political stunt.
Gascón made his recommendation on Thursday after weeks of speculation that it was coming. While the final decision on the Menendez brothers’ fate will come from a judge, the DA’s recommendation will be considered in the ruling.
Erik and Lyle were originally sentenced to life without parole. But the case has been in the news again following the release of popular documentaries, including a season of Netflix’s “Monsters” in September. Supporters of the Menendez brothers argue that the murders of their parents were justified because they claimed their father sexually abused them.
“I believe they have paid their debt to society,” Gascón said of the…
