Menendez’s brothers obtain a new path to freedom after the orders of a California judge
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The Menendez brothers, the infamous killer who brutally killed his parents with a shotgun inside their Beverly Hills home more than 35 years ago, have a whole new path to freedom after last week’s judge’s order.
Brian Wiese is a Houston-based post-conviction lawyer, and the brothers say they have won a new victory that is completely separate from them. Current bid for parole.
“If you’re given a popular relief, this isn’t a responsiveness,” Wies told Fox News Digital. “This is a completely new exam.”

Trial of the Menendez Brothers in Los Angeles – left to right: Eric Menendez and his lawyers: Leslie Abramson and his brother Lyle Menendez. Los Angeles, March 9, 1994. (Tedsaw/Sigma via Getty Images)
“My understanding is that the relief they were seeking is a whole new test because I argue that there is a reasonable probability with this newly discovered, newly available evidence, and that it is a reasonable probability that the outcome was different, not certainty,” he said.
Eric and Lyle Menendez were convicted without parole for a bloody shotgun massacre that left parents Jose and Mary “Kitty” Menendez Dead to life sentences. Jose was shot at Kitty 10 six times.
They spent more than 35 years in prison for murder in a world-famous incident.
In March 2023, the brothers filed a habeas petition claiming that evidence was prohibited from being presented at trial. They say the evidence would have led the ju-search to feel they were innocent, they would say.

This combination of two booking photos provided by the California Department of Corrections shows Eric Menendez, left, Lyle Menendez. (Califia section correction section via AP, file)
The Menendez brothers replied as experts exploded “unprotectable” bids for the free murderer
About eight months before the double murder, Eric I reportedly wrote a letter He claims his cousin Andy Cano that Jose sexually abused him and Lyle.
Additionally, the affidavit of Roy Rossello, a member of a boy band called Menudo, allegedly Jose, who raped him in 1983 or 1984 when he was a 14-year-old boy.
If that information was available to the ju apprentice, the brothers argue that they would not have been convicted. They also argue that affidavits and affidavits constitute new evidence that must be considered.
In an unofficial response to the petition filed by the office of Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman this February, prosecutors denied that the affidavit constituted new evidence. They said Kano’s letter was “too early.” They also said Rossello’s affidavit was “unacceptable, unimportant and unreliable.”

On Friday, May 9, 2025, Nathan Hochman, the Los Angeles District Attorney, out-of-court in Los Angeles, California. (Derek rocked for Fox News digital)
Still, on July 8, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge William C. Ryan said the letter and affidavit constituted a prima facie indicating that the brothers are entitled to habeas and ordered Hochman’s office to respond and explain why the brothers were not given relief.
Wiese emphasized that it is not an easy path for the brothers to move forward, and that the new trial is the light at the end of a long tunnel.
“Essentially, this is your last ditch, a deck with all hands. Let’s see what we can do to create a miracle, some kind of context,” he said.
If a judge grants petitions in favour of his brothers and nullifies their conviction, the decision will be reviewed by the California Court of Appeals, the California Supreme Court later said. Any of these entities can say that the judge has made a mistake in his or her decision and reject the opportunity for a new trial for the brother.
“They are in a winning position, and like I said, in the habeas-protection context, it’s survived and moving forward,” Wies said using basketball analogy. “They survive and move on to another round. Are they going to cut back? Who knows?”

Outside court attorney Mark Jelagos for res trials of Eric and Lyle Menendez of Vannuis, California, on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (Derek rocked for Fox News digital)
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Meanwhile, the brothers appear before the parole board and appeal for freedom in August. They resented 50 years of life without parole, with the possibility of parole in May.
Fox News Digital has contacted the office of Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman for comments.