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Governor Newsom’s Decision on Menendez Brothers Parole

May 16, 2025 2:45 amMay 16, 2025 2:46 am

The resentencing of Erik and Lyle Menendez this week from life in prison to 50-years-to-life with the chance of parole brought a new spotlight to Governor Gavin Newsom, who now has to power to approve whether or not a future...

Los Angeles DA Hochman Announces His Opposition to Menendez Brothers Resentencing

March 10, 2025 6:28 pmMarch 10, 2025 6:28 pm

Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced Monday that he opposes the resentencing of convicted murderers Erik and Lyle Menendez and is now working to withdraw former DA George Gascon’s resentencing hearing motion. According to Hochman, the brother’s claims of...

Gov. Newsom Denies Parole Of Murderer Who Killed Teenager In SF In 2004

March 12, 2024 12:51 pmMarch 13, 2024 9:20 am

Governor Gavin Newsom reversed the state Parole Board’s decision of paroling Royce Miller, a murder convicted of killing a San Francisco high school student in 2004, during the weekend, sending him back to prison until his next parole board review...

RFK Assassin Sirhan Sirhan Denied Parole For 16th Time

March 2, 2023 2:45 amMarch 2, 2023 2:46 am

At a a parole hearing in San Diego on Wednesday, a parole board denied the parole of Sirhan Sirhan, for the 1968 murder of New York Senator Robert Kennedy. The now 78-year-old Sirhan has been in prison for 54 years. This...

California Supreme Court Rejects Parole Bid For Manson Family Murderer Leslie Van Houten

February 11, 2022 3:24 pm

A petition by convicted murderer and Manson Family follower Leslie Van Houten challenging Governor Gavin Newsom’s recent refusal to parole her was denied by the California Supreme Court on Thursday. Van Houten was arrested at age 19 in 1969 for...

RFK Assassin Sirhan Sirhan Denied Parole By Governor Newsom

January 14, 2022 12:00 pm

On Thursday, California Governor Gavin Newsom denied the parole of Sirhan Sirhan, the now 77-year-old man who has been in prison for 53 years for the 1968 murder of New York Senator Robert Kennedy, marking the 16th time that Sirhan...

RFK Assassin Sirhan Sirhan Recommended For Parole By California Board of Parole

August 28, 2021 5:15 amAugust 28, 2021 7:33 am

On Friday, the California Board of Parole approved the parole of 77-year-old Sirhan Sirhan, who has served time in prison for 53 years for the 1968 murder of New York Senator Robert Kennedy. On June 5 1968, Sirhan, then a...