Newsom sets June 13 hearing date for Menendez brothers clemency request

California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday announced that a parole board clemency hearing for the Menendez brothers will take place on June 13. 

Erik and Lyle Menendez were previously convicted for murdering their parents at their Beverly Hills home in 1989. But the pair argued that the shooting was committed out of fear that their parents planned to kill them in order to keep them quiet about how their father allegedly sexually abused the younger brother, Erik Menendez, for years.

Newsom said on his new podcast that discussions with Los Angeles District Attorney Nate Hochman over his recent objection to re-sentencing the brothers in the case, did not impact his own decision on the brothers' bid for clemency.

The brothers will appear in front of the parole board independently to plead their case, the governor said.

"A report then will be submitted to me on the 13th of June for consideration," Newsom said. "We will submit that report to the judge for the re-sentencing, and that will weigh into our independent analysis of whether or not to move forward with the clemency application to support a commutation of this case."

Some Menendez family members have also encouraged courts to reconsider the brothers' life sentences because of the alleged abuse, which they believe would have resulted in a less severe sentence, had it been known at the time. 

The two brothers are scheduled to go in front of a judge for their re-sentencing hearings on March 20 and 21.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.