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Menendez Brothers Appear Before Parole Board Starting Thursday

Their eligibility follows a May resentencing under California's youth-offender law.

FILE - Lyle, left, and Erik Menendez leave a courtroom in Santa Monica, Calif., Aug. 6, 1990, after a judge ruled that conversations between the brothers and their psychologist after their parents were slain were not privileged and could be used as evidence. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
Erik Menendez (left) in an October 31, 2016, photo, Lyle Menendez (right) in a February 22, 2018, photo, and the brothers, leaving a courtroom in Santa Monica, California on August 6, 1990.
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Erik Menendez and Lyle Menendez listen during a pre-trial hearing on Dec. 29, 1992, in Los Angeles. The two were later convicted of the August 1989 shotgun murders of their wealthy parents, Jose and Mary Louise "Kitty" Menendez of Beverly Hills, California.

Overview

  • Separate hearings will be held via videoconference from Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility, with Erik on Thursday and Lyle on Friday.
  • Parole commissioners will assess whether each man poses an unreasonable risk to public safety, weighing motive, remorse, prison conduct and release plans.
  • Any grant would prompt a 120-day legal review and then a 30-day decision by Gov. Gavin Newsom, meaning any release would still take months.
  • Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman has formally opposed parole, arguing the brothers have not shown full insight or rehabilitation.
  • A 2023 habeas petition citing new evidence remains pending, and a judge has ordered prosecutors to explain why the case should not be reexamined.