Erik and Lyle Menendez are eligible to go before a parole board again next March, about 17 months earlier than expected.The brothers were originally sentenced in 1996 to life in prison for the 1989 fatal shootings of their father, Jose Menendez, and mother, Kitty Menendez, in their Beverly Hills mansion.
A Los Angeles judge reduced their sentences to 50 years to life in May 2025, making them eligible for parole because they were under age 26 when they committed their crimes.Also Read: No bail for Erik Menendez even after 35 years.
Here's everything about the case on which Netflix has even made movie aboutThey were denied parole in August 2025, with the California Board of Parole saying Lyle Menendez still displayed anti-social personality traits like deception and that Erik Menendez broke prison rules by repeatedly using a cellphone.The brothers were then eligible to apply for another hearing in August 2028.
That's now been tentatively moved up to March by the parole board after the brothers' petitions for earlier hearings were granted on Friday.The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation allows eligible prisoners to seek earlier parole if there is a change in circumstances or new information indicating the person may be suitable for parole.
