Judge postpones resentencing hearing for Menendez brothers’ case

A California judge has postponed a resentencing hearing for the Menendez brothers’ case. It will mark their first hearing since they were sentenced to life in prison for the murders of their parents in 1989. 

Erik, now 53, and Lyle, 56, were jailed for the 1989 murder of their parents Kitty and Jose Menendez, who were shot numerous times while watching television at their Beverly Hills mansion.

During the trial that followed, the Menendez brothers claimed the shootings were in self-defence after facing years of emotional, physical and sexual abuse at the hands of their father.

Prosecutors at the time, however, said the claims were fabricated and that the killings were revenge for being written out of their father’s multi-million-dollar will. The brothers were found guilty and sentenced to life

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