Menendez Brothers’s renowned hearing will take place next week; Risk assessment indicates that they have a moderate risk if they are released
The renowned hearing in the long -awaited of Erik and Lyle Menendez will advance on May 13 and 14, a judge tried on Friday, while new details on the alleged behavior of the brothers behind bars were revealed in court.
An audience took place on Friday to determine whether the renowned brothers’ renowned case should include information from the newly completed risk assessment of the California Board of speech, which was carried out as part of a separate leniency route. The risk assessment took place at the request of Governor Gavin Newsom as part of the brothers’ leniency supply; The brothers pursue several ways to freedom, and the way to the Clemence is distinct from the renowned path.
Justice Michael Jesic said he would take into account the risk assessment, but that information in this is preliminary and that lawyers cannot question the medico-legal psychologists who have carried out the exams.
In this file photo of April 12, 1991, Lyle, on the left, and Erik Menendez appear before the court for a preliminary hearing held in Beverly Hills, California.
Kevork Djansian / AP, file
The risk assessment said that Erik and Lyle Menendez have a moderate risk for the community if they are released.
The evaluation revealed that the brothers had illegal mobile phones in prison, among many other violations. Erik Menendez had a phone as recently as January of this year, which the Los Angeles County District County Nathan Hochman stressed during the effort to fight against the fact that he should have been on his best behavior.
Erik Menendez would have bought and exchanged drugs and would have helped prisoners commit tax fraud years ago, depending on the assessment. Psychologists found that Lyle Menendez was narcissistic.
The evaluation said that the brothers were likely for not following the law outside prison if they were unaware of the rules in prison.
Jesic seemed to reject many conclusions.
The evaluation probably includes the positive work that the brothers also did in prison. Hochman’s predecessor George Gascón has congratulated them on advancing their education, rehabilitating and starting programs to help other prisoners.
This combination of two booking photos provided by the California Department of Corrections Watch Erik Menendez, on the left, and Lyle Menendez.
California DEPT. of Corrections via AP
Also at the hearing on Friday, defense lawyer Mark Geragos withdrew his attempt to launch Hochman the case after having made allegations against his history and alleging that the DA hired a public relations of crisis in crisis to pursue the brothers. Hochman denied that, saying that the public relations company was not for the brothers but for its campaign, and that the public relations company ended its work after its elected official in November.
Friday’s hearing followed a spectacular court appearance on April 17, which was initially planned to be the brothers’ hearing. However, on April 16, the district prosecutor’s office in a file urged Jesic to delay the renowned hearing if he could not obtain a copy of the time assessment report for the court.
Hochman, who wants to keep the brothers behind bars, argued that risk assessment is relevant to the renowned case, while Geragos noted a strong desire to use it only for the parole hearing of June 13.
For the hearing against next week, Geragos said he would have seven witnesses rather than his 20 previously planned witnesses. Two experts should testify.
Erik and Lyle Menendez – who serves life prison without possibility of parole for the 1989 murders of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez – have the support of more than 20 family members in their efforts to be released after 35 years behind bars.
Their renowned affair gained momentum in October when Gascón announced that he was supporting resentment.
Gascón recommended the skens of life of the brothers without the possibility of parole and said that they should rather be condemned for murder, which would be a 50 -year sentence to perpetuity. Because the two brothers were under 26 years old at the time of the crimes, they would be immediately eligible for parole with the new sentence.
The Gascón office said that its renowned recommendations take into account many factors, including rehabilitation in prison and the abuses or trauma that contributed to the crime.
In November, Gascón lost his candidacy for re -election to Hochman, who filed a request in March to withdraw the renowned petition, qualifying the claims of the brothers to defend himself a litany of “lies”. The judge rejected Hochman’s request.
