Menendez brothers could be released after series sheds light on abusive father

During the brothers’ trials, much of the abuse evidence was deemed inadmissible, and the pair, then 21 and 18, were sentenced to life in prison without parole in 1996.

Now the Los Angeles County district attorney has recommended that they be resentenced and given immediate parole.

“Because of their legal age, since they were under 26 at the time of these crimes, they are immediately eligible for parole,” George Gascón said at a news conference Thursday.

The final decision will be made by a judge who will decide whether to accept the district attorney’s recommendation.

Mr. Gascón said he believed the brothers’ claims that they were abused by their father, José, while their mother, Kitty, turned a blind eye.

“Our own implicit and sometimes explicit biases around sexual abuse and sexual assault often result in serious injustices,” he said.