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How to get a front row seat at the hearing that could free the Menendez brothers?

How to get a front row seat at the hearing that could free the Menendez brothers?

Los Angeles’ hottest celebrity killers are due back in court on Monday, but tickets are hard to come by.

The Los Angeles County Superior Court will hold a public lottery to determine who will get any of the 16 seats reserved for the public for the trial in which the parents murdered the siblings. Erik and Lyle Menendez release can be ordered.

A drawing for open seats will be held Monday morning, just before a hearing at which a judge will decide whether the brothers are eligible for parole after fatally shooting their parents at the family’s Beverly Hills mansion in 1989 and serving 30 years in prison.

The brothers are serving life sentences without parole following a highly publicized case for the murders of Jose and Kitty Menendez that captured national attention and made Lyle and Erik’s name known.

53-year-old Erik Menendez (left) and his brother, 56-year-old Lyle (right), were 19 and 23 when they killed their parents. access point
Erik, Lyle, and their parents, Kitty and José Menendez, seemed like the perfect family.

The A-list killers were thrust back into the spotlight last year thanks to a Netflix docuseries about their case, with explosive new evidence emerging supporting the brothers’ claim that their father sexually abused them as children.

The evidence included: shocking handwritten letter It describes Erik’s harassment of a cousin he sent years before the murders.

Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón It was suggested that the brothers’ sentences be reduced They will be eligible for parole with a sentence of 50 years to life.

People stare in disbelief through the fences outside the mansion where Lyle and Erik shot their parents dead. AFP via Getty Images
A Menendez sympathizer calls for the brothers’ release outside the criminal courthouse in Los Angeles. Getty Images

The brothers’ attorneys are also pressing the court to reduce their sentences from first-degree murder to manslaughter; They have already served three times the maximum sentence for this crime.

The Menendez drama began in 1989, when Erik and Lyle, the sons of wealthy music executives José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez, bought a shotgun and fired multiple shots at both parents while they were watching television at their Hollywood mansion.

The brothers went on a spending spree with their $14 million inheritance before being charged with the heinous double murder. His lavish purchases included luxury travel, a sports car, Rolex watches, two restaurants for Lyle and a full-time tennis coach for Erik.

Erik (left) and Lyle (right) appear at a pretrial hearing in 1992. AFP via Getty Images
Erik and Lyle pose in front of their parents’ mansion in Beverly Hills. Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

In the courtroom, the pair confessed to the murders but claimed they were committed in self-defense after suffering a lifetime of abuse, including sexual abuse from their father.

Menendez fans in October Gathered in front of the courthouse Supporting family members calling for the brothers’ release.

The Menendez brothers’ lawyer, Mark Geragos, also requested clemency from Governor Gavin Newsom in order to release the duo. Walk free until Thanksgiving.