A long -awaited MENENDEZ BrOTHERS session to start
It is scheduled to determine a long -standing resentment session on Tuesday whether two brothers who killed their wealthy parents could be released at Beverly Hills Palace from prison after three decades.
After months of delay, the judge will start hearing two days of arguments for the attempt of Eric and Lil Mindez to receive a lower penalty – which can eventually lead to the release of the conditional release.
Representatives of the prosecution argued that the brothers strictly planned the 1989 killings to reach the wealth of their parents, and they still could not bear accountability and should not be released. The brothers said that they acted with self -defense after years of ill -treatment.
The notorious issue, which prompted books, documentaries and drama, is still divided into America.
Outside the court, groups of media have established television cameras and tents for the first day of the arguments. In the vicinity, more than ten members of the public gathered in the hope of winning a “golden” ticket to watch the trial from inside the courtroom. Yellow badges are distributed to most of those who compete for access – the experiment is not broadcast or broadcast to the audience.
Elena Gordon, who threw the ticket, remembers watching the issue of disagreement as a girl on TV. I traveled from Orange County, California, several times to attend listening sessions as the attempt to resent the brothers was delayed over and over again.
She hopes to witness today, and it is the idea that their lawyer said that he is studying, and believes that they share their story will help in their attempt for freedom.
“I feel that this is just a historic moment – both for our region and such a big situation,” said Ms. Gordon, wearing her golden ticket on her way to the courtroom. “It is a big day.”
During the two -day hearing, the judge is expected to consider the evidence, hear a testimony from witnesses, and finally determines whether the brothers, who were sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of conditional release, get a lower punishment.
that it It is expected to include a certificate from a variety Of people, including members of the Mindez family and perhaps participating in the original issue.
Eric and night can take the situation, although such a move will open them to interrogation from the plaintiffs who oppose their release. The British Broadcasting Corporation asked whether it was to witness or who may be called to testify.
In an episode of the podcast, their lawyer Mark Girajos said he had not decided if he would call them to the platform.
“I now know that I will put family members on the platform,” said Mr. Girajos. “I know now, I will put reform officers on the platform. Now I know that I may put behavioral scientists on the situation.”
The provincial lawyer office did not say who planned to contact his testimony.
The session will not be a re -trial, and the guilt of brotherhood will not be interrogated.
Instead, it is possible that a lot of focus on what they did in 30 years in prison and whether it has been rehabilitated.
During their trials, the general prosecutors drew them as being entitled to reach the wealth of their parents worth 14 million dollars (10.7 million pounds).
They argued that the duo systematically planned the killings, buying guns and opening fire on their parents 13 times, while the couple saw TV – before going to the parties and shopping networks.
The brothers eventually admitted the murder of the murder, but they argued that they acted out of self -defense after years of emotional, physical and sexual assault by their father Jose, a high -level executive film.
The trial of the brothers in 1993 was one of the first prominent murder case that was shown live on television, as it attracts masses in the United States and the world.
Their first trial ended on a dead end, but in 1996, the brothers were convicted of a first -class murder in the retrial. Several allegations of sexual assault were not allowed as part of the procedures.
The session comes after the Netflix drama pushed the case to the spotlight, and the support of the resentment of them came from former Los Angeles lawyer George Jaskoun.
His alternative, Nathan Hoshman, strongly opposed the brothers’ efforts to release them and argued that they “did not show real accountability” and instead she clung to a set of “lies” about the issue.