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Menendez Brothers Case: L.A. DA Eyes Early Release Of Siblings As Family & Rosie O’Donnell Gather To Demand Leniency


After nearly 30 years behind bars, the Menendez Brothers could be mere weeks from freedom according to the LA DAY

In the midst of a tough re-election campaign that has LA DA George Gascón trailing by double digits, the prosecutor has offered his strongest opinion yet on the murderous siblings’ case. “Given the totality of the circumstances, I don’t think they deserve to be in prison until they die,” Gascón remarkably told ABC NewsNightline co-anchor Juju Chang in an interview shot on October 10. Looking at a ballot box defeat in November against ex-U.S. Assistant Attorney General Hochman, the media savvy Gascón has picked up on the attention Ryan Murphy ’s Netflix hit Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story had generated around the case too.

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