Menendez brothers eligible for parole
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Erik and Lyle Menendez were resentenced on Tuesday to 50 years to life in prison, which makes them eligible for parole.
Nearly three decades after Erik and Lyle Menendez were sentenced to life in prison for the murders of their parents, a California judge has reopened a door many believed would remain closed.
The pair, who have been imprisoned for more than 30 years for the murder of their parents, are now eligible for parole, but their freedom is not guaranteed.
Lyle Menendez and Erik Menendez were resentenced for the 1989 murder of their parents. Here’s everything to know about their new sentence and whether they can walk free one day.
On Tuesday afternoon, inside a Los Angeles courtroom, Judge Michael Jesic ruled in favor of Erik and Lyle Menendez and resentenced them after they had spent more than three decade
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The Menendez brothers will face a parole board in June as part of a separate push for clemency from Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
The trials of Lyle and Erik Menendez and their conviction for killing their parents came at a time when televised trials captured national audiences in the 1990s.