My cousins Lyle & Erik Menendez have already paid the price for parents’ murder – I finally have hope they will be freed [Video]

THE family of infamous parent killers Erik and Lyle Menendez has signed a petition in a desperate bid to release them after their 35 years in prison.

Anamaria Baralt, the boys’ first cousin, has told The U.S. Sun she has managed to get “pretty much every” signature from relatives of Kitty and Jose Menendez, who were gunned down by their sons in their Beverly Hills mansion in 1989.

Erik and Lyle Menendez, pictured at their trial in 1996, have been in prison for 35 years, but their attorney hopes they could finally be out by the end of the yearCredit: Associated Press

The brothers’ cousin Anamaria Baralt spoke exclusively to The U.S. Sun about why the authorities need to act and release Erik and LyleCredit: The U.S. Sun

The murders of Jose and Kitty Menendez, pictured with their sons, tore the family apart and sparked global headlinesCredit: Handout

Attorneys have been battling to free Erik …