Timeline of the Menendez brothers’ murder case

Prosecutors successful Los Angeles are group to denote their determination connected whether to telephone for resentencing Lyle and Erik Menendez, who were convicted of sidesplitting their parents successful 1989 and are serving life without nan anticipation of parole.

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón has said there’s nary uncertainty nan brothers killed their parents successful Beverly Hills, and nan brace admitted to nan murders. But nan brothers person based on that they committed nan crimes successful self-defense aft years of maltreatment by their father.

MENENDEZ BROTHERS PROSECUTOR ANNOUNCES RESENTENCING DECISION

Gascón said reexamining nan lawsuit was due fixed a renewed knowing of and empathy for intersexual maltreatment victims.

The brothers were convicted and sentenced successful 1996.

Lyle, left, and Erik Menendez beryllium pinch defense lawyer Leslie Abramson, right, successful Beverly Hills Municipal Court during a hearing, Nov. 26, 1990.  (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

The lawsuit has been backmost successful nan headlines pursuing a docuseries and a true-crime play released by Netflix.

Here’s a look astatine nan timeline of nan case:

August 1989: Jose Menendez, an executive astatine RCA Records successful Los Angeles, and his woman Kitty Menendez, are changeable and killed successful their Beverly Hills mansion.

March 1990: Lyle Menendez, past 21, is arrested. Eighteen-year-old Erik Menendez turns himself successful a fewer days later. They are accused of first-degree murder.

July 1993: The Menendez brothers spell connected trial, each pinch a abstracted jury. Prosecutors based on that they killed their parents for financial gain. The brothers’ attorneys don't conflict nan brace killed their parents, but based on that they acted retired of self-defense aft years of affectional and intersexual maltreatment by their father.

January 1994: Both juries deadlock.

October 1995: The brothers' retrial begins, this clip pinch a azygous jury. Much of nan defense grounds astir alleged intersexual maltreatment is excluded during nan 2nd trial.

March 1996: Jurors convict some brothers of first-degree murder.

July 1996: The brothers are sentenced to life successful situation without nan anticipation of parole.

May 2023: Attorneys for nan Menendez brothers inquire nan tribunal to reconsider nan condemnation and condemnation successful ray of caller grounds from a erstwhile personnel of nan boy set Menudo, who said he was raped by Jose Menendez erstwhile he was 14. In addition, they taxable a missive that Erik wrote astir his father's maltreatment anterior to nan killings.

September 2024: Netflix releases nan crime play " Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, " a nine-episode bid astir nan killings.

Oct. 4, 2024: Gascón says his agency is reviewing caller grounds successful nan case.

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Oct. 16, 2024: Multiple generations of family members of nan Menendez brothers clasp a news convention pleading for their merchandise from prison. The relatives opportunity nan jurors who sentenced them to life without parole successful 1996 were portion of a nine that was not fresh to perceive that boys could beryllium raped.

Oct. 24, 2024. Prosecutors schedule a news convention to denote their determination connected whether to urge resentencing.