Family of Erik and Lyle Menendez call for their release and say they’re victims who were vilified

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than a dozen family members of the convicted Menendez brothers are calling for their release from prison following the 1989 killings of their parents. Wednesday’s news conference in downtown Los Angeles was the largest gathering of the extended family since the brothers’ 1996 sentencing. It came after the district attorney announced that prosecutors are reviewing new evidence to determine whether they should be serving life sentences. The brothers admitted to the crime but at the time said they feared their parents were about to kill them to prevent the disclosure of the father’s long-term sexual molestation of Erik Menendez. They are currently incarcerated without the possibility of parole.