LOS ANGELES – Erik Menéndez’s wife Tammi speaks next Los Angeles County district attorney Jorge Gascon‘Mrrecommendation that the menendez brothers be sentenced again after serving more than three decades in prison.

“Yesterday was a difficult and emotional day,” he wrote on unknown on October 25. “I am grateful to District Attorney (George) Gascón for his bravery in seeking a new sentence for Erik. Naturally, I am disappointed that he did not go further and act on his own belief that Erik and Lyle had already served enough time in prison.”

Erik and Tammi began their relationship as pen pals and were married in 1999 at Folsom State Prison.

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The Menendez brothers were convicted in 1996 of the murders of their parents, José and Kitty, and were ordered to serve life behind bars without the possibility of parole.

Erik and Lyle, who were 18 and 21 at the time of the murders, claimed they acted in self-defense after suffering years of physical and sexual abuse from their father. However, that defense was not allowed to be used at his second trial.

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Gascón announced last week that he is recommending that the brothers be resentenced after an investigation into new evidence presented to the district attorney’s office: allegations that their father also sexually abused Roy Rosselló, a former member of the boy band Menudo. , in the 1980s, and a letter from Erik Menéndez. he wrote to his cousin, Andy Cano, which came to light in 2015, years after Cano’s death.

“I have to tell you that after a very careful review of all the arguments that were presented on behalf of people on both sides of this equation, I have come to a point where I believe that, under the law, a resentencing is appropriate.” . Gascón said during a press conference on October 24.

Now, ultimately, a judge will decide whether to accept or reject Gascón’s recommendation within the next 30 days.

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If the judge accepts a recommendation for a new sentence with time served, The Menendez brothers may be free for Thanksgiving.

The final decision would fall to the parole board for approval.

Interest in the case has been renewed recently with the release of Netflix’s “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” and an upcoming documentary in which the brothers will tell their side of the story.