Lyle, left, and Erik Galen Menendez sit in a courtroom in Beverly Hills, Calif., May 14, 1990. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)
Erik Menendez appears before the parole board via teleconference Aug. 21, 2025, at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego. (California Department of Corrections via AP, File)
Lyle Menendez appears before the parole board via teleconference Aug 22, 2025, at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego. (California Department of Corrections via AP, File)
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.
