Menendez Brothers ELIGIBLE FOR PAROL
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Erik and Lyle Menendez have spent nearly 30 years in prison for the double murder of their parents. On Tuesday, a judge in Los Angeles reduced their sentences from life without parole to 50 years to life.
Lyle and Erik Menendez’s trial was nationwide news throughout the 1990s. Now, a Netflix series based on their story has resurrected support for the brothers. Brothers Lyle Menéndez and Erik Menéndez watched a fictionalized version of their case play out on the silver screen.
In 1989, brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez killed their parents by shooting them multiple times at close range at their mansion in Beverly Hills. They were found guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to murder in 1996,
The Menendez brothers, who were convicted of the 1989 murders of their parents, gave stunning statements at a hearing Tuesday and won possible parole.
Over the past several years, the Menendez brothers have also been backed by a legion of fans on social media who have examined the case in hindsight and expressed sympathy amid the brothers ...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta is pushing back against the Menendez brothers’ request to remove the LA District Attorney’s Office from their resentencing case.
Attorneys for Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted of killing their parents in 1989, will make their case to a judge Friday that Los Angeles prosecutors should be removed from the brothers ...
The two-day proceeding in L.A. ended its first day with the judge resentencing the brothers imprisoned for over three decades for their parents' 1989 murders.
"What makes the Menendez brothers’ case unique is that Governor Gavin ... acceptance of responsibility, disciplinary history in prison, fairness of the sentence, and impact on the victims.