While Erik Menéndez’ s wife, Tammi Menéndez , is thrilled at the prospect of having him released from prison, she has mixed feelings about the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office recommending a resentencing.
“Yesterday was a difficult and emotional day,” Tammi, 62, wrote via X on Friday, October 25, after Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón recommended that Erik, 53, and brother Lyle Menéndez’s sentences be reduced to 50 years . “I am Grateful to DA Gascon for his courage to seek resentencing for Erik.”
Tammi noted that she was hoping Gascón would suggest a different option, adding, “I am naturally disappointed he did not go further and act on his own belief that Erik and Lyle have served enough time in prison.”
Now that Gascón submitted his decision, it is up to a judge to approve the request, and Erik and Lyle, 56, could be released on parole. Tammi’s suggestion of time served would have allowed Erik and Lyle to be released sooner without having to go through the Board of Parole Hearings.