{"id":152570,"date":"2025-02-26T21:28:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T21:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/26\/gavin-newsom-takes-steps-to-override-da-release-erik-lyle-menendez-from-prison\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T21:28:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T21:28:26","slug":"gavin-newsom-takes-steps-to-override-da-release-erik-lyle-menendez-from-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/26\/gavin-newsom-takes-steps-to-override-da-release-erik-lyle-menendez-from-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Newsom Takes Steps to Override DA, Release Erik &#038; Lyle Menendez From Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As recently as October, it looked like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/10\/kim-kardashian-menendez-brothers-resentencing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Erik and Lyle Menendez would soon be released from prison<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, high-profile prison reform advocates like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/categories\/kim-kardashian\/page\/2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kim Kardashian<\/a> had already started celebrating the news.<\/p>\n<p>But the brothers\u2019 fortunes changed when newly elected California DA Nathan Hochman revealed that he had no intention of granting the Menendezes a new trial.<\/p>\n<p>Now, however, it looks as though Erik and Lyle once again have reason to be hopeful. In fact, they might wind up getting released <em>without<\/em> a resentencing hearing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1462355302-1-1024x675.jpg\" alt=\"Erik Menendez and his brother Lyle listen during a pre-trial hearing, on December 29, 1992 in Los Angeles after the two pleaded innocent in the August 1989 shotgun deaths of their wealthy parents, Jose and Mary Louise Menendez of Beverly Hills, Calif. \" class=\"wp-image-520227 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1462355302-1-1024x675.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1462355302-1-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1462355302-1-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1462355302-1-2048x1349.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1462355302-1-960x633.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1462355302-1-1080x712.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1462355302-1-1200x791.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1462355302-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Erik Menendez and his brother Lyle listen during a pre-trial hearing, on December 29, 1992 in Los Angeles after the two pleaded innocent in the August 1989 shotgun deaths of their wealthy parents, Jose and Mary Louise Menendez of Beverly Hills, Calif. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by VINCE BUCCI\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-governor-gavin-newsom-enters-the-fray\">Governor Gavin Newsom enters the fray<\/h2>\n<p>According to a new report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/02\/26\/erik-lyle-menendez-wont-need-judge-approval-for-prison-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TMZ<\/a>, California Governor Gavin Newsom has asked the Parole Board to conduct a \u201crisk assessment investigation\u201d of the Menendez brothers.<\/p>\n<p>This is essentially a parole hearing conducted with the intent of determining if the brothers pose an unreasonable risk to public safety.<\/p>\n<p>Given that they were locked up 35 years ago and have reportedly been model prisoners for the entirety of that time, this will probably work out in Erik and Lyle\u2019s favor.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a bold move from Newsom, who is essentially overriding Hochman\u2019s decision on the matter.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2159615518-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to reporters in the spin room following the CNN Presidential Debate between U.S. President Joe Biden and Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump at the McCamish Pavilion on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.\" class=\"wp-image-520228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2159615518-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2159615518-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2159615518-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2159615518-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2159615518-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2159615518-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2159615518-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2159615518-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to reporters in the spin room following the CNN Presidential Debate between U.S. President Joe Biden and Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump at the McCamish Pavilion on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.\" class=\"wp-image-520228 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2159615518-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2159615518-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2159615518-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2159615518-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2159615518-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2159615518-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2159615518-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2159615518-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to reporters in the spin room following the CNN Presidential Debate between U.S. President Joe Biden and Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump at the McCamish Pavilion on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hochman-expresses-doubts-about-new-evidence\">Hochman expresses doubts about new evidence<\/h2>\n<p>The push for a new trial is the result of both renewed public interest in the case \u2014 prompted, in part, by Ryan Murphy\u2019s recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/01\/o-j-simpson-netflix-doc-highlights-testimony-from-witnesses-who-were-never-called-to-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Netflix<\/a> limited series about Erik and Lyle \u2014 and new evidence suggesting that the brothers were molested by their father.<\/p>\n<p>The most compelling new development is the emergence of a letter written in 1988 that seems to incriminate Jose Menendez, who \u2014 along with wife Kitty \u2014 was gunned down by his sons the following year.<\/p>\n<p>But Hochman says he doubts the authenticity of the letter.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1462340490-1-1024x675.jpg\" alt=\"Erik Menendez and his brother Lyle are pictured, on August 12, 1991 in Beverly Hills.\" class=\"wp-image-520226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1462340490-1-1024x675.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1462340490-1-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1462340490-1-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1462340490-1-2048x1350.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1462340490-1-960x633.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1462340490-1-1080x712.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1462340490-1-1200x791.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1462340490-1-1024x675.jpg\" alt=\"Erik Menendez and his brother Lyle are pictured, on August 12, 1991 in Beverly Hills.\" class=\"wp-image-520226 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1462340490-1-1024x675.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1462340490-1-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1462340490-1-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1462340490-1-2048x1350.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1462340490-1-960x633.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1462340490-1-1080x712.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1462340490-1-1200x791.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1462340490-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Erik Menendez and his brother Lyle are pictured, on August 12, 1991 in Beverly Hills.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by MIKE NELSON\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201c[The letter was] never discussed in any of the two trials,\u201d Hochman said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe it\u2019s inconceivable \u2026 and defies common sense, that if they had evidence that would show that sexual abuse had been communicated not just six years before the events, but nine months before the 1989 killings, then it would have absolutely come out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Newsom has already received a clemency petition for Erik and Lyle. So if the parole board decides the brothers have been rehabilitated and pose no danger to the public, then their fate will rest in his hands.<\/p>\n<p>A group of Menendez relatives who have been advocating for the brothers\u2019 release have delayed their press conference that had been scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The group is rumored to be <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/menendez-brothers-newsom-orders-parole-board-investigate-pose\/story?id=119206346#:~:text=A%20group%20of%20Menendez%20relatives,for%20the%20risk%20assessment%20investigation.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">waiting to receive some good news<\/a> before they address the public \u2014 and it sounds like they\u2019ll probably get it.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll keep you updated on this developing story as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/02\/gavin-newsom-takes-steps-to-override-da-release-erik-lyle-menendez-from-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes As recently as October, it looked like Erik and Lyle Menendez would soon be released from prison. In fact, high-profile prison reform advocates like Kim Kardashian had already started celebrating the news. But the brothers\u2019 fortunes changed when newly elected California DA Nathan Hochman revealed that he had no intention of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":152571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-152570","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}