Overview

• Judge Michael Jesic postponed the long-awaited resentencing hearing for Erik and Lyle Menendez, originally set to begin April 17, after disputes over legal motions arose.
• The May 9 hearing will address the admissibility of a risk assessment report ordered by Governor Gavin Newsom and a defense motion to recuse District Attorney Nathan Hochman from the case.
• The brothers, convicted in 1996 for the 1989 murders of their parents, are seeking reduced sentences that could make them eligible for parole under California’s youthful offender law.
• Prosecutors argue the killings were motivated by greed, while the defense maintains they acted in self-defense after years of alleged sexual abuse by their father.
• The case, reinvigorated by recent Netflix dramatizations, has drawn significant public attention and divided opinions on the brothers’ culpability and rehabilitation.