Menendes brothers feel “hope” of conditional release after decades in prison

For the first time in decades, Lyle and Eric Menendes say they are beginning to feel hope that they can receive conditional release. This is a change in thinking about the brothers who have spent more than 30 years behind bars about the killings of their parents at their home in Beverly Hills.

“My brother and I hopefully cautiously,” says the 57 -year -old Lyle Menendes in a recent TMZ prison interview that was broadcast on FOX.

“I hope the future is really something new to us. I think Eric would probably agree with this. This is not something we have spent a long time,” he added.

The Menendes brothers were convicted of first -degree murder in 1996 and sentenced to life without a conditional release for the murders of a 1989 rifle of their parents, Kitty and Jose Mendes.

The case shocked the nation – not only because of the brutal nature of the crime, but also for the subsequent drama of the courtroom.

Their first ordeal ended in a jury, after both brothers detailed years of sexual abuse, they claimed to have suffered from the hands of their father, the executive director of the music industry with power.

But prosecutors in the second process question these allegations, claim that the brothers acted from greed and wanted to inherit their parents’ wealth. The jurors agreed and the brothers were sentenced and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of conditional release.

For decades, the brothers have maintained their complaints – and have recently learned that they will receive a hearing after all.

With this hearing scheduled for June, and a hearing in mid -April, the brothers think how they will lead their lives if they are released.

“What I want to do about my daily life is a lot of what I do here. I want to be a defender of people who suffer in silence,” Eric Mendes, 54, told TMZ.

“Lyle and I’m not talking about leaving prison – should we be able to get out – and not look back. Our life will be spent in the prison and doing the work we do here, there,” he added.

Part of the conditional release offer depends on the risk assessment, which evaluates whether the brothers are still considered as threats to society.

The brothers say they have changed in prison.

“I strive to be a better person every day and I want to be the person with whom my family can be proud,” said Eric Menendes. “Who I developed in, in whom I have seen Lyle develop. I begin to like myself, to be proud of myself, and I find it good to like myself.”

During their time in prison, both Eric and Lyle began rehabilitation programs for prisoners with disabilities and elderly people and teaching hours of trauma for healing and meditation.

“Our best moments are those that are not talked about, and we just help someone, or help an animal, or make someone smile, which feels down, which may have gone and harm if we were not there,” Eric said, talking about their volunteer work in prison.

Despite the upcoming hearing of the release, the future of the brothers – and the other possible paths to freedom – remain uncertain.

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman recently withdrawn a request for resentment, which was filed under his predecessor George Gasko, signaling a more difficult position in the case.

Hochman publicly stated that he would not support the brothers’ release, although the final decision was a judge.

This move has sparked disputes with DA’s cabinet, as two former prosecutors who worked at Gaskon and advocate for the brothers’ resentment, brought a lawsuit against Hochman – accusing him of harassment, revenge and slander.

The couple claims that they were reduced because of their position in the case – and as a result, they face intense public control. The service of G -n Hochman is yet to comment.

Some members of the Menendes family have also criticized Hochman, suggesting that he leaves the personal bias to influence his actions. Hochman denies this.

“Hochman does not seem to want to listen or commit to us,” the brothers Tamara Gudel told us. G -G -Goodell accused the prosecutor of released and ignored the family and “did not act as a neutral party.”

But public opinion remains divided.

In the same special TMZ, Alan Abrahamson, a former Los Angeles Times reporter, who covered the tests in Menendes in the 90s, said the brothers were “two of the most skilled and executed liars.”

“International are very capable of changing and being the people who want to be,” said Abrahamson. “And I think this is one of the serious dangers of this discussion that people do not seem to gain.”

This is a thought shared by a former detective of Beverly Hills, who was appointed to investigate the killings at the time.

“This is the most abundant case of the murder I had,” Tom Linehan told TMZ. He believes that the Menendes brothers were murderers motivated by money they grew up, getting exactly.

“If someone provokes what he wants to do, he will take them out if he needs to,” Linehan added.

As for the brothers, they must hope that the Conditional Release Council sees things differently, so they will continue to fight their legal work.

“You never know how long you will be blessed to be on earth, so we’re not sitting around and waiting for something,” Lyle said.