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Menendez Brothers Appear Before Parole Board After Resentencing Opens Path to Release

Any parole grant would trigger mandatory reviews that could keep them incarcerated for months.

Lyle Menendez, left, and his brother, Erik, sit in Beverly Hills Municipal Court in Beverly Hills, California, on March 12, 1990.
FILE - Lyle, left, and Erik Galen Menendez sit in a Beverly Hills, Calif., courtroom, May 14, 1990. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)
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Overview

  • Erik Menendez faces a videoconference hearing Thursday with Lyle to follow Friday, the first parole reviews since a May ruling made them eligible under California’s youthful‑offender law.
  • The Board of Parole Hearings will decide suitability based on whether each brother poses an unreasonable risk, weighing criminal history, remorse, institutional behavior and release plans.
  • Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman opposes release, arguing the brothers lack full insight and pointing to recent rules violations reported in confidential risk assessments, including cellphone citations.
  • If parole is granted, the board’s chief counsel has up to 120 days to review before Governor Gavin Newsom gets 30 days to affirm, reverse, modify or refer the decision back.
  • Relatives and supporters cite decades of rehabilitation and prison programs, while separate clemency and a pending habeas petition on new-evidence claims continue alongside the parole process.