Erik and Lyle Menendez killed their parents in 1989 and have served life sentences for more than 35 years. New evidence and allegations of years of sexual abuse by their father have prompted reconsideration and a Los Angeles County judge ordered resentencing earlier this year despite objections from the county prosecutor. Each brother will have an individual California parole board hearing this week, with Erik scheduled Thursday and Lyle on Friday; hearings will run two to three hours and occur by videoconference from the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation will not livestream the hearings. If the board finds rehabilitation, the brothers could be released to family members who have advocated for them.
More than 35 years after murdering their parents in a volley of shotgun blasts, brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez are the closest to freedom since they were arrested and sentenced to life in prison. The siblings - who infamously gunned down their mother and father in 1989 at the family's Beverly Hills home - will go before a California parole board this week.
The brothers will each have individual hearings. Erik, 54, will go before the board at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday. The hearing for Lyle, 57, will take place at approximately the same time on Friday. Each hearing is expected to last between two and three hours, and the board will likely make a decision immediately, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Parole board hearings take place over video conference.
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