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Menendez Brothers Face Parole Hearings This Week After Sentence Reduction

Any grant would undergo months of legal and gubernatorial review before possible release.

ARCHIVO - Lyle, a la izquierda, y Erik Menendez se sientan con la abogada defensora Leslie Abramson, a la derecha, en el Tribunal Municipal de Beverly Hills durante una audiencia, el 26 de noviembre de 1990. (Foto AP/Nick Ut, Archivo)
ARCHIVO - Esta combinación de fotografías proporcionadas por el Departamento de Prisiones de California muestra a Erick (izquierda) y Lyle Menendez. (Departamento de Prisiones de California vía AP, Archivo)
Un panel de una junta de comisionados evaluará a los hermanos individualmente para ver si representan \"un riesgo\" para la sociedad. 

Overview

  • Erik Menendez is scheduled for a parole hearing Thursday and Lyle Menendez on Friday, both by videoconference from Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility.
  • In May, a Los Angeles judge reduced their sentences to 50 years to life under California’s under-26 resentencing law, making them immediately eligible for parole.
  • A panel of two or three commissioners will decide whether either brother poses an unreasonable risk to public safety based on conduct, motivation, remorse, and reentry plans.
  • Even if parole is granted, the decision faces a 120-day legal review followed by a 30-day decision window for Governor Gavin Newsom, who has described himself as the final arbiter.
  • A separate habeas corpus petition filed in 2023 remains active, with a judge recently ordering prosecutors to explain why the convictions should not be reexamined in light of new abuse evidence.