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News Wrap: Prosecutors recommend resentencing for Menendez brothers

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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In our news wrap Thursday, prosecutors in Los Angeles are recommending the Menendez brothers be resentenced for the 1989 killing of their parents, the owner of the ship that caused the Baltimore bridge collapse agreed to pay more than $100 million to settle a lawsuit and the Biden administration is strengthening requirements on removing lead paint dust from older homes and childcare facilities. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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We start the day's other headlines with a major development in a legal case that gripped the nation.

0:06.0

Prosecutors in Los Angeles are recommending that the Menendez brothers be re-sentenced for the 1989 killing of their parents.

0:14.0

It's the first step in what could lead to their eventual release.

0:17.6

Lyle and Eric Menendez admitted to fatally shooting their mother and father in the family's

0:22.4

Beverly Hills mansion.

0:24.0

After an initial mistrial, a second trial was held in which evidence of their father's sexual abuse was largely excluded.

0:31.0

The brothers received life without parole. They are now in their

0:34.8

50s and many family and friends have pleaded for their release. L.A. District

0:39.4

attorney George Gascon told reporters today that the matter should be put before a parole board.

0:46.0

I believe that they have paid their debt to society and the system provides a vehicle for their case to be reviewed by a parole bore

1:00.0

and the parole concurs with my assessment and it will be their decision, they will be

1:08.8

released accordingly.

1:10.6

The Menendez case has received increased public attention thanks in part to a recent documentary and a popular Netflix drama series.

1:19.0

The owner and operator of the cargo ship that caused the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse has agreed to pay more

1:25.5

than a hundred million dollars to settle a lawsuit brought by the Department of Justice.

1:30.1

That comes a month after U.S. officials sued the Singapore-based companies in an effort to recover

1:35.1

the money spent to clear the debris and reopen the port.

1:38.7

The DOJ had alleged that the ship's electrical systems were not properly maintained causing it to lose power and

1:44.8

slam into the Francis Gaki Bridge in March. Six construction workers were killed and

1:50.3

traffic in the port was held up for months.

1:53.0

The Biden administration is strengthening requirements on removing lead paint dust from older homes and child care facilities.

2:01.0

Paint that contains lead was banned in 1978, but an estimated 30 million American

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