‘They’re getting out’: Attorney Anne Bremner thinks Menendez brothers will be released under new sentencing

A new sentencing for Lyle and Erik Menendez has made them eligible for parole, but the brothers still face several legal hurdles before they can be released for the 1989 murder of their parents, according to The Associated Press.

However, Seattle-based criminal defense attorney Anne Bremner believes the brothers have a strong chance.

“They’re getting out, I think,” she told “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH Wednesday.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic reduced the brothers’ sentences from life without parole to 50 years to life on Tuesday, making them eligible for parole under California’s youthful offender law.

The brothers’ lawyers turned to family members and those who knew the brothers since their conviction to speak to their character and rehabilitation in prison in front of Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic. Extended family called for their release.

Jesic also shared that he was moved by a letter from a prison official who supported their resentencing, which the official hadn’t done for any other incarcerated person during his 25-year career.

“I’m not saying they should be released; it’s not for me to decide,” Jesic said, according to The Associated Press. “I do believe they’ve done enough in the past 35 years that they should get that chance.”

“Seems like (Jesic) is trying to have it both ways,” Jason Rantz, host of “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH, said.

“That’s what I thought. In fact, when this all went down yesterday, it looked like it’s all going to be a done deal, they’re going to get out,” Bremner responded. “And then I read everything and I’m like, ‘Oh no, that’s not what he said.’ I mean, he obviously was playing both sides.”

If the board grants parole, Newsom could still override the board’s decision if he believes they remain a threat to the public. The brothers also have separate hearings and will be evaluated independently of each other, opening the possibility that one brother remains in prison while the other is released.

“I don’t think they’re rehabilitated because unless they say that they are clearly guilty and there was no abuse excuse, so to speak, they can’t be rehabilitated,” Bremner said.

What’s the timeline for whether or not they’re going to be released?

“Well, the next hearing date is June 13, and that was preset in connection with the clemency petition that’s been filed on their behalf with Governor Newsom,” Bremner said. “Now that date could well be their parole date. Given the judge’s decision, they’re going to have to really impress the parole board.”

If the panel denies parole, it must do so for a period of three, five, seven, 10, or 15 years, at which point a subsequent parole hearing could take place.

Contributing: The Associated Press

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