A court filing argues that newly discovered evidence supports claims by brothers erik and lyle menendez that their slain father, jose, was sexually abusive. Why the menendez brothers’ allegations of sexual abuse are being taken seriously more than three decades after they killed their parents update The california department of corrections announced on may 19 that a parole hearing set for june 13 had been postponed to aug Erik and lyle menendez were resentenced to 50 years to life in prison on may 13. A judge ordered the da's office to explain why the menendez brothers' claims of sexual abuse were kept out of their second trial within thirty days. Lyle and erik menendez were convicted of murdering their wealthy parents in their beverly hills mansion in 1989
While they admitted to the killings, their defense strategy centered on claims of years of sexual abuse at the hands of their. A judge rejected petitions by erik and lyle menendez to overturn their convictions, ruling that evidence the brothers were sexually abused by their father wouldn’t have prevented them from being.
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