California Gov Newsom sets Menendez brothers parole board hearing date in bid for clemency
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On his new podcast, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Tuesday that the Menendez brothers will have parole board hearings in mid-June for the governor’s office to determine whether they should be granted clemency.

While discussing Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman’s recent opposition to the Menendez brothers’ legal battle for re-sentencing, Newsom announced that Lyle and Erik Menendez will go before the California Board of Parole Hearings individually on June 13 and plead for clemency from the governor.

The brothers are in prison for killing their parents in 1989.

“The DA now, the new DA, is pulling back recommending from the Menendez brothers to be re-sentenced,” Newsom said on his “This is Gavin Newsom” podcast. “But it doesn’t impact the processes underway, that review for clemency in my office or the independent risk assessment that will be concluded on June 13 by the Board of Parole Hearings. And I’ll repeat that, on June 13, both Lyle and Eric Menendez independently will have their final hearing.”

“They’re not interested in the victims,” said Geragos, referring to family members of the Menendez brothers. “They didn’t let the victims know that they were going to make this decision.”

“He is almost serially abusing them with his lies and his litany of lies,” he said. 

In the immediate aftermath of the killings, the brothers claimed that their parents were victims of a mafia hit. When it became clear that they were responsible for the killings, they argued that they acted in self-defense after a lifetime of physical and sexual abuse by their parents. 

Their first trial, which spanned from 1993 to 1994, ended in a mistrial. They were retried and found guilty in 1996. 

Fox News Digital reached out to Newsom, Hochman and Geragos for comment.

Fox News’ Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.

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