The Menendez Brothers' reduced sentencing ruling means they are "likely to be released" on parole, according to legal experts. Former assistant U.S. attorney Neama Rahmani told Newsweek: "The brothers are very likely to be released within a matter of months."

They had become too well-known to be forgotten, but for decades, the Menendez brothers faded into the background. Occasional stories emerged about the brothers losing their appeals, as did mugshots of them aging in prison.