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33:15Now PlayingAfter serving more than three decades in prison, the Menendez brothers are getting a second chance. Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced Thursday he recommends Erik and Lyle Menendez, who have been serving life sentences without parole for the killings of their parents Jose and Kitty Menendez in 1989, be resentenced.
"I have to tell you unequivocally that we don't have a universal agreement. There are people in the office, the strongly believe that the man and his brothers should stay in prison for the rest of their life, and they do not believe that they were molested.," DA Gascon said. "And there are people in the office. I strongly believe that they should be released immediately and that they were, in fact, molested. I have to tell you that after very careful review of all the arguments that were made for people on both sides of this, equation, I came to a place where I believe that under the law, resentencing is a appropriate."
Now a judge will ultimately decide whether to accept or reject Gascón's recommendation within the next 30 days.
If the judge accepts a recommendation of resentencing with time served, it is possible the Menendez brothers could be out of prison by Nov. 26, which was their originally scheduled court date.
Their defense attorney, Mark Geragos, said if all goes well, Erik and Lyle would be home by Thanksgiving.
Joan Andersen VanderMolen, sister of Kitty Menendez, called the pair's actions "tragic," but the "desperate response of two boys trying to survive the unspeakable cruelty of their father."
They were 21 and 18 at the time of the murders.
Interest in the case has recently been renewed by the release of Netflix's "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story," and an upcoming documentary, in which the brothers will tell their side of the story.
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