The parole hearing for the Menendez brothers has been rescheduled for August, according to California officials. Lyle and Erik Menendez are now scheduled to appear for their parole hearing on ...

The Menendez brothers' path to freedom took another turn as California Gov. Gavin Newsom has withdrawn his request for a clemency investigation. This move now makes the brothers' June hearing ...

Geragos, did was make a phone call. Leslie Abramson, the brothers’ defense attorney at their trials in the 1990s who found herself parodied on “Saturday Night Live,” had in recent years ...

When a Los Angeles County judge resentenced Erik and Lyle Menendez on Tuesday, he offered the brothers a path to freedom for the first time since they were given life in prison for killing their ...

Lyle and Erik Menendez immediately became eligible for parole Tuesday when a judge resentenced the brothers in a surprise development at the end of an emotional day of testimony in a Los Angeles ...

The brothers took responsibility for the 1989 killings, seeking mercy from the court amid family support. Lyle and Erik Menendez, who have spent more than three decades behind bars for the grisly ...

The brothers were found guilty in 1996 of murdering their parents, Kitty and José Menendez, in 1989 — when Erik was 18 and Lyle was 21. The brothers maintained that the killings were in self ...

The ruling from Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic reduced the brothers’ sentences from life in prison without parole to 50 years to life, making them immediately eligible for ...

A judge has reduced the Menendez brothers' murder sentences - meaning they are eligible for parole. Lyle, 57, and Erik, 54, received life sentences without the possibility of parole after being ...

Erik and Lyle Menendez are eligible for early release after a judge reduced the brothers’ prison sentences Tuesday from life without parole to 50 years to life. The brothers, who have spent 35 ...

The Menendez brothers have been resentenced to 50 years to life in prison, opening them up for the possibility of parole after spending more than three decades behind bars. Prior to the judge's ...

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