New developments related to Erik and Lyle Menendez's murder conviction have put their chances at freedom closer, and widespread backlash about the case has prompted prosecutor Pamela Bozanich to arm herself.
Gascón wrote letters to Gov. Gavin Newsom, highlighting the men's exemplary behavior behind bars as they serve life for the 1989 murders of their parents.
Of Lyle and Erik Menendez spending decades behind bars, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón said, "I believe that they have paid their debt to society."
"I do worry, and I think it’s important, that the seriousness of my crime not be minimized or diminished," Erik Menendez said of the social media posts discussing his and his brother's convictions.
The reality TV star called for the men's release the same day prosecutors announced a new hearing for Lyle and Erik Menéndez, who are serving life sentences for their parents' 1989 murders.
More than a year after the Menéndez brothers sought to have their 1996 convictions overturned, D.A. George Gascón said "a greater level of sensitivity" would be applied to the case today.
