The prosecutor received new evidence in the 30-year-old murder case of the Menendez brothers

His parents of American brothers convicted of murder Erik and By Lyle Menendez the case will be reviewed again. Among other things, they reported on the matter Los Angeles Times and Forbes.

Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon on Thursday about the new evidence, saying the prosecutor’s office had a “moral and ethical obligation” to review the evidence provided by the brothers. According to Gascón, the evidence supports the brothers’ claim that their father sexually abused the brothers and that they killed their parents in self-defense.

The new evidence includes a letter Erik Menendez sent to his cousin in December 1988, about eight months before the crime.

“None of this information has been confirmed,” Gascon said at a news conference.

Menendezin the brothers and the more than 30-year-old murder case have become a topic of conversation in recent weeks with the Netflix hit series. A true-life crime drama Monsters: Lyle and Erik Menendez story has become the most viewed service both in Finland and elsewhere.

According to Gascón, as a result of the series, the prosecutor’s office has received many contacts. Relatives of the imprisoned brothers have said that they were the victims of a “whimsical shock drama”. Another of the brothers, Erik, has called the series “inaccurate and childish”.

Brothers was sentenced in 1996 to life without the possibility of parole. They shot Jose and by Kitty Menendez in his Beverly Hills mansion in 1989. According to prosecutors, the murders were motivated by greed. The brothers’ father was a successful businessman, and the brothers were expecting an inheritance worth tens of millions of dollars. With the money they inherited, they lived a luxurious life.

Gascónin according to which there is no doubt that the brothers did not commit the murders. At issue is whether the jury heard evidence of their father’s abuse. Evidence of sexual abuse was presented at the brothers’ first trial, which ended with jurors unable to agree on what the brothers were guilty of.

In the second trial, explaining the murders with harsh childhood experiences no longer went through.

“If there was evidence at the time that was not presented to the court at the time, and if the evidence had been presented, the jury might have come to a different conclusion,” Gascón said.

According to Gascón review of new evidence may lead to either a change of sentence or a new trial. A hearing is scheduled for November 26.