Overview

• Erik Menendez is in a custodial hospital with kidney stones and his attorneys describe his condition as critical.
• Attorney Mark Geragos filed a petition asking Newsom to grant an immediate medical furlough ahead of Menendez’s upcoming hearing.
• The governor’s office said it will await the results of a comprehensive security assessment before ruling on the furlough request.
• In May a judge reduced the Menendez brothers’ sentences under juvenile offender law, making them eligible for parole after 35 years.
• Erik Menendez has a formal parole hearing scheduled for August 22 to consider his potential release.