Overview

• Erik and Lyle Menendez are seeking reduced sentences that could make them eligible for parole after 35 years in prison for the 1989 murders of their parents.
• The hearing, scheduled for April 17–18, will assess their in-prison rehabilitation efforts, including education, leadership roles, and support programs for inmates.
• Prosecutors, led by DA Nathan Hochman, argue the brothers have not fully accepted responsibility for their crimes, citing alleged lies and premeditation in the murders.
• Family members of the Menendez brothers filed a complaint over the display of graphic crime scene photos, calling it retraumatizing and requesting admonishment of the DA’s office.
• A coalition of victims’ advocates opposes resentencing, stating the brothers should serve their original life-without-parole sentences and questioning their claims of rehabilitation.