Menendez brothers eligible for parole
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After winning their resentencing bid Tuesday, the Menendez brothers are one step closer to their freedom. Erik and Lyle Menendez have spent more than three decades behind bars for killing their parents,
The Menendez brothers will face a parole board in June as part of a separate push for clemency from Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Now, at 57 and 54, the brothers are eligible for parole after a Los Angeles judge Tuesday reduced their sentences from life in prison without parole to 50 years to life. In August 1989, the brothers killed their father Jose Menendez and mother Kitty Menendez in their Beverly Hills home.
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 for killing their parents decades ago.
A Los Angeles judge resentenced Lyle and Erik Menendez to life with the possibility of parole, which could lead to their freedom after decades in prison.
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A judge's decision to reduce the Menendez brothers' sentence for killing their parents in 1989 enables a parole board to hear their case. Gov. Gavin Newsom could still intervene.
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