Erik and Lyle Menendez will attend separate parole hearings on Thursday and Friday, held remotely. The brothers were convicted for the 1989 murder of their parents in their Beverly Hills home and were originally sentenced to life without parole. A resentencing reduced each to 50 years to life (25 years to life per count), making them eligible under youth offender parole laws. Their attorney Mark Geragos said proceedings will feature different parole board members and D.A. lawyers each day and that each brother will be considered independently. Interest renewed after a 2023 docuseries revealed evidence supporting their abuse claims and spurred a parole campaign.
The hearings will take place remotely on Thursday and Friday. Their attorney Mark Geragos said "first day will be Erik, second day will be Lyle." He described what else can be expected over the two days. "There will be different parole board members each day. There will be different lawyers from the D.A.'s office each day, as well, is my understanding," Geragos said. "And you're going to have a different proceeding. Each brother, if you will, stands or falls on their own."
They were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Lyle Menendez was 21 and Erik Menendez was 18 at the time of the crime. They said they committed the murders in self-defense after years of abuse by their father. Interest in the Menendez brothers' case renewed in May 2023 after a docuseries revealed new evidence that collaborated Erik and Lyle's claims of abuse by their father, kicking off a campaign to allow them out on parole.
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