Overview

• Erik Menendez, 54, was hospitalized in late July with a serious medical condition, leading his legal team to seek a medical furlough ahead of his upcoming parole hearing.
• The California State Parole Board will convene on Aug. 21 and 22 to assess Erik and Lyle Menendez’s suitability for release under standard criteria including in-prison conduct and psychiatric evaluations.
• Gov. Gavin Newsom has commissioned individual forensic risk assessments and has intentionally avoided external media to maintain an impartial review.
• Newsom is required to decide on the brothers’ parole or clemency by Labor Day based on the parole board’s recommendation and the forensic evaluations.
• A Los Angeles County judge resentenced the brothers to 50 years to life in May, making them eligible for parole after decades of life-without-parole sentences for their 1989 parents’ murders.