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LA District Attorney Asks Governor to Grant Clemency for Menendez Brothers

Gascón said he supports clemency, which could mean a sentence reduction or pardon, because of ‘credible allegations’ of sexual and physical abuse.
LA District Attorney Asks Governor to Grant Clemency for Menendez Brothers
Erik Menendez in 2016 (L) and his brother Lyle in 2018. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP
Jill McLaughlin
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Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón on Oct. 30 requested that Gov. Gavin Newsom grant clemency to convicted murderers Erik and Lyle Menendez, supporting their attorney’s petition.

The clemency request follows Gascón’s court filing Friday asking a Superior Court judge to resentence the brothers, who were convicted in 1996 of fatally shooting their parents in Beverly Hills.

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