Menendez Brothers' Resentencing Moves Forward in Parents' Murder Case

As for the grounds that whitethorn pb to their resentencing? A missive that Erik wrote to their relative Andy Cando 8 months earlier the 1989 murders, successful which helium described the allegations of abuse. The 2nd is simply a declaration by erstwhile Menudo set subordinate Roy Roselló, who alleged that helium was assaulted by José, who worked with the set portion helium was COO of RCA Records.

Geragos noted that  had antecedently testified successful the brothers' proceedings successful 1993, but by the 2nd successful 1996, helium was "demeaned arsenic making this up, oregon was not true."

As for the grounds that whitethorn pb to their resentencing? A missive that Erik wrote to their relative Andy Cando 8 months earlier the 1989 murders, successful which helium described the allegations of abuse. The 2nd is simply a declaration by erstwhile Menudo set subordinate Roy Roselló, who alleged that helium was assaulted by José, who worked with the set portion helium was COO of RCA Records.

Geragos noted that Cando had antecedently testified successful the brothers' proceedings successful 1993, but by the 2nd successful 1996, helium was "demeaned arsenic making this up, oregon was not true."

Gascón antecedently shared that helium believes the evidence, which helium said was brought to his bureau by their defence squad last year, could person made a quality successful their archetypal proceedings if it had been introduced astatine the time. (Juries successful the 1993 proceedings were deadlocked and could not scope a verdict. The brothers were yet convicted during their 1995 retrial.) 

"I deliberation it was up to the assemblage to determine the evidentiary worth of that letter," helium explained to Jake Tapper connected CNN Oct. 22. "There is nary question that they murdered their parents. However, we are reviewing 2 antithetic possibilities of relief."

He explained that 1 anticipation is the defence team's conception that determination is grounds that could person changed the result of the proceedings if it had been presented. The different is the thought that Erik and Lyle person been "rehabilitated and they are harmless to beryllium reintegrated into the community."

As Gascón explained, "Either 1 of those vehicles has to beryllium evaluated by a tribunal and approved by a court."

The brothers' lawyer Geragos shared his anticipation for the resentencing during the family's property league Oct. 16, particularly owed to the "movement" pushed guardant by the "younger generation" regarding intersexual abuse.

"I cognize that I've seen immoderate of those videos of the archetypal proceedings that was televised wherever the DA's bureau was taking the presumption that men could not beryllium raped," the attorney, who did not correspond the brothers during their trial, said. "They don't person the equipment. And you've seen each kinds of arguments on those lines."

"That is unfathomable successful today's property to radical who weren't live backmost then," helium added. "So I deliberation that improvement has been, frankly, seismic."